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Title
Jim Hawthorne with binoculars
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
1960
Publication Information
Pilot Radio Corp
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
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph (never published) shows radio DJ and TV personality Jim Hawthorne looking through binoculars at a Pilot Radio. Hawthorne was a disc jockey at the radio station KXLA in Pasadena and was a pioneer in freeform, non-traditional radio broadcasting. He was the honorary mayor of Studio City from 1950-1955.; See images #00124880 through #00124884 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00124884
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d029_f26_i12
CARL0005424871
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/56534
Subject
Hawthorne, Jim
Men--California--Los Angeles
Television actors and actresses--United States
Disc jockeys--United States
Binoculars--California--Los Angeles
Radio--California--Los Angeles--Receivers and reception
Municipal officials and employees, Honorary--California--Studio City (Los Angeles)
Studio City (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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