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Title
First bath
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Kravitz, Tom
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
1965
Publication Information
Pereira & Luckman
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 February 15, 1965 reads, "Theme building at Los Angeles International Airport got its first bath since its construction in 1961. a 200-foot crane was used to suspend a man in a bucket to wash the 135-foot arches of the structure. It took six hours."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00108884
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d008_f13_i22; H-2738 4x5
CARL0005227186
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/44072
Subject
Los Angeles International Airport
Theme Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Airports--California--Los Angeles
Cranes, derricks, etc.--California--Los Angeles
Window cleaners (Persons)--California--Los Angeles
Parking lots--California--Westchester (Los Angeles)
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Williams, Paul R.,1894-1980

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