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Photograph caption dated reads "Col. Richard F. Lynch, left, Director of Civil Defense for Los Angeles, explains the City's emergency dispersal plan to W. G. Hopkins, newly appointed district Warden for North Hollywood. He will supervise several hundred volunteer workers. Civil Defense District 8 is one of 35 districts set up to prepare against the possibility of either natural or war-caused disaster."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Lynch, Richard F.,--1914-2006 Los Angeles (Calif.).--Office of Civil Defense--Officials and employees Men--California--Los Angeles Municipal officials and employees--California--Los Angeles Civil defense--California--Los Angeles Civil defense readiness--California--Los Angeles Pointing (Gesture)--California--Los Angeles Maps Flags--United States North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits Valley Times Collection photographs
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