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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated November 16, 1960 reads "Staff writer Jerry Burns reads dial." The article partially reads "In order to obtain at least a partial scientific reading on the amount of noise that buffets residents along the Ventura Freeway, the Valley Times TODAY borrowed a 1551-B Sound Level Meter from the General Radio Company of Cambridge, Mass., and Los Angeles."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Burns, Jerry Valley Times (Firm)--Employees Men--California--San Fernando Valley Newspaper employees--California--San Fernando Valley Scientific apparatus and instruments--California--San Fernando Valley Measuring instruments--California--San Fernando Valley Express highways--California, Southern Traffic noise--California--San Fernando Valley Noise--California--San Fernando Valley--Measurement Trucks--California--San Fernando Valley Trees--California--San Fernando Valley Fences--California--San Fernando Valley Dwellings--California--San Fernando Valley Lawns--California--San Fernando Valley United States Highway 101 San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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