Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Civilian Defense officals are shown when they met and mapped plans to put into effect the dim-out order in Southern California coastal cities. Left to right, seated: George Hjelte, O.C.D. director; T.H. Sheppard, lighting control consultant for O.C.D.; Mayor Bowron; and Edward Taylor, Board of Public Works. Standing: William Parker, traffic engineer; Ross McDonald, Deputy Chief of Police; Ralph Dorsey, traffic engineer; William Lauer, street light engineer; and O.W. Holden, Bureau of Power and Light. Photo dated May 23, 1942.
Hjelte, George Bowron, Fletcher,--1887-1968 Mayors--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles (Calif.)--Officials and employees Group portraits Portrait photographs Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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