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Title
Families meet for civil defense
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
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
1957
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
The McKinley Home for Boys was located at 13840 Riverside Drive, Sherman Oaks, formerly Van Nuys. Original property of McKinley Home for Boys lists a Van Nuys address. However, due to property rezoning issues the location of institution was changed to Sherman Oaks. The home moved to San Dimas, California in 1961.
Photograph caption dated April 29, 1957 reads "In shade of deodars and oaks at McKinley Home for Boys in Sherman Oaks families meet to discuss fall-out, roentgens, deterioration and other topics familiar to their calling as radiological monitors for civil defense. Meeting was attended mainly by squads from the Valley."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00136363
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d043_f28_i40
CARL0005630747
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/66557
Subject
McKinley Home for Boys
Men--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Civil defense--California--Los Angeles
Civil defense readiness--California--Los Angeles
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Trees--California--Los Angeles
Parking lots--California--Los Angeles
Signs and signboards--California--Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles)
Lost architecture--California--Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles)
Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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