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Title
Valley Anti-aircraft observe anniversary
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Chase, Harry
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1954
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Authorized by War Department General Order 48 on August 24, 1943, Van Nuys General Hospital opened in early 1944 to serve as both a general and debarkation hospital. It was soon renamed in honor of Brigadier General Henry Patrick Birmingham (1854-1932), Medical Corps, U.S. Army. Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital operated until 1950 and was acquired by Los Angeles City Schools a year or two later for the token price of $1.00. In 1953, Birmingham High School opened as a 7-12 grade school. Part of the high school campus was used as an air defense missile battalion headquarters from April 1956 to November 1968.
Photograph caption dated July 26, 1954 reads, "Grace before meal - Battalion Chaplain Capt. Lowell Haggard, says grace in big mess hall before supper. At left of chaplain are seated Jim Moran, executive secretary of Van Nuys Chamber of Commerce, and Mrs. Robert Brouillette, wife of Reseda Chamber of Commerce president, who also attended."; See image #00139097 for additional photo in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00139098
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d047_f23_i15
CARL0005688379
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/68288
Subject
United States.--Army
United States.--Army.--AAA Missile Battalion, 551st
Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Guided missile bases--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Eating & drinking--California--Los Angeles
Antiaircraft missiles--United States
Military weapons--United States
Military readiness
Women--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Soldiers--United States
Air weapons
Anniversaries
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1951-1960

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