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Title
Searchlights during blackout
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1942
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
View of searchlights shining upward during a blackout. War aircraft were seen over the Los Angeles area and as a result, numerous anti-aircraft guns opened fire for 20 to 30 minutes.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00050990
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Wars-World War II-Home front.; S-005-181 4x5
CARL0000056560
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/103748
Subject
Air raid warning systems--California--Los Angeles
Blackouts in war
Civil defense--California--Los Angeles
World War, 1939-1945

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