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Title
Radar corner reflector pods mounted on a target drone, ca.1950
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1950
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of radar corner reflector pods mounted on a target drone, ca.1950. At center, a long darkly-colored target drone is visible. It is supported by several metal rods that connect it to a wheeled cart. A small hatch is seen on the side of the drone, and two small cylinders are seen to the left. Above one of the small wings of the target drone, a large white cylinder is visible. The cylinder is rounded on the left-end and pointed on the right-end. In the background, the interior of a building is visible. Windows, lighting fixtures, and the ceiling of the building are seen. Description of image reads "Radar Corner Reflector Pods Mounted On Model OQ-19 Target Drone".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m13296
USC-2-1-1-13449 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-43528
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13296
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-43528.jpg
Subject
Aeronautics
Radar
Northrop Aircraft, Inc
Radioplane Company
Transportation--Air--Experimental
Time Period
circa 1950
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
43528 [Accession number]
84-1-1700 [Microfiche number]
CHS-43528 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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