Meteorologist Stephen E. Blewett points to the big brown smog cloud that makes us cry. His theory is that a 'monster cloud' loaded with pollutants is almost always over L.A. Photo date: May 3, 1954.
Blewett, Stephen E Air--Pollution--California--Los Angeles Smog--California--Los Angeles Meteorologists--United States Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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