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Title
Measure ozone in smog density test
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
1956
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 August 23, 1956 reads, "Rubber tells tale - Carbone, at Burbank Smog Testing Station, examines cracks in piece of rubber that will indicate when ozone concentration has reached alert stage. Valley smog stations are located in Burbank at 1508 Burbank Blvd., Sylmar at 12703 San Fernando Rd., and Reseda at 19630 Sherman Way. Stations are unmanned except during heavy smog [illegible]."; See image #00115796 for additional photo in this series.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00115797
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d017_f30_i20
CARL0005328015
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/49864
Subject
Los Angeles County (Calif.).--Air Pollution Control District
Atmospheric ozone--Measurement
Smog--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Photoelectric measurements
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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