Radio plays major role in Valley civil defense work
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Chase, Harry
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
Photograph was edited for publication purposes.The caption for this photograph was transposed with the caption for image #00136355 in the article. Photograph caption dated April 19, 1956 reads "Young Valley ham. Robert Born, 17, one of youngest ham operators enrolled in Civil Defense work, crouches in front of his car to demonstrate newly developed portable transmitter. Small, compact unit is powered by automobile battery and has range of 50 to 150 miles. It can be used for on-the-spot transmission when other means of communication have broken down and is destined to play important part in CD work."; See images #00136250 through #00136256 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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