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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated August 8, 1960 reads "Miss Katie Blix checks gauge." The article partially reads "Despite the coming radar and weather-spy satellites, the U. S. Weather Bureau still clings to its unpaid volunteers who 'rain or shine, every day, year after year, keep weather records and mail them each month to the weather bureau.'" Miss Blix lives in North Hollywood.; See images #00125835 through #00125836 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Women--California--Los Angeles Volunteers--California--Los Angeles Books--California--Los Angeles Rain and rainfall--California--Los Angeles--Measurement North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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