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Title
Burbank pair wins $500 for best new military tank design
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Goldwater, Jeff
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
1962
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
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated December 17, 1962 reads, "Robert Forsyth, left, and his brother, John, show model to Gen. Ryan, center." Brothers Robert and John Forsyth, who both work for Lockheed California Company and also own their own independent research company in Burbank, California win first place in a nationwide contest to build a new military tank design.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00121528
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d025_f36_i18
CARL0005385622
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/53532
Subject
Lockheed-California Company--Employees
United States.--Army--Officers
United States.--Army--Uniforms
Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Award winners--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Awards--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Brothers--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Prototypes, Engineering
Generals--United States
Military uniforms
Certificates
Pointing (Gesture)--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Draperies--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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