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Title
How 'disaster' hit in Pacoima
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
1954
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
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated April 14, 1954 reads, "Bombs fell, windows rattled, hot wires sizzled, sirens wailed, dogs barked and cats ran for cover during the dry run of the Civilian Defense Corps in Pacoima. All this occurred as first aiders, ambulance drivers, doctors and incidents were combined to show the preparedness of Pacoima should disaster strike." Photograph caption reads, "Looks like real thing - Laid out on the living room floor with a broken back, even in fun, is no joke to Kenneth Adington, who willingly surrenders to care of First Aiders Mrs. Maxine Ross, Mrs. Violet Reiff, Mrs. Mae Davidson, right, and Gene Bell, ambulance attendant. Adington was injured by falling masonry in simulated drill."; See images #00139261 through #00139269 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00139265
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d047_f17_i6
CARL0005702672
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/68785
Subject
Civilian Defense Corps
Emergency management--California--Los Angeles
Emergency drills--California--Los Angeles
Civil defense readiness--California--Los Angeles
Civil defense drills--California--Los Angeles
Civil defense--United States
Emergency medical services--California--Los Angeles
First aid in illness and injury--California--Los Angeles
Simulation methods--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Pacoima (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1951-1960

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