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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated February 22, 1954 reads, "Proud owner of new pin earned by devoting 750 hours as Burbank ground observer is Edwin B. Alderman, above, of 1055 E. Santa Anita Ave. Pin was presented by Mayor Carl King at a ceremony where 52 persons were honored for 100, 250 or 500 hours time spent on the Civil Defense project. Alderman is Burbank's only 750 hour man."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;13 x 11 cm. Photographic prints
United States.--Aircraft Warning Service.--Ground Observer Corps Civil defense--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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