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Title: Combat polar planes in desert
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: 1955
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 caption dated December 22, 1955 reads, "All-weather Northrop interceptors on the line at Palmdale plant are readied for takeoff to far Arctic posts pending final delivery to the U.S. Air Force. The Scorpion F-89, a sleek silver nosed jet, is delivered combat-ready to squadrons based above the 60th parallel. It packs a deadly parcel of 104 electronically controlled high-explosive rockets."
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00115367
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d017_f2_i2
CARL0005313008
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/49244
Subject: Northrop Aircraft, Inc
Northrop Aircraft, Inc.--Employees
Men--California--Palmdale
Scorpion (Jet fighter plane)
Aircraft industry--California--Palmdale
Aircraft industry--California--Palmdale--Employees
Airports--California--Palmdale
Palmdale (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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