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Title
Cameras readied for Navy mission
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
1955
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 caption dated October 7, 1955 reads, "David M. Stern, Gordon Enterprises design engineer, left, discusses camera lens with Chief Warrant Officer Bernard Singer, U. S. Navy. Singer is in charge of procurement of cameras and photo equipment from Gordon Enterprises of North Hollywood to be used during two-year Navy Antarctic expedition embarking Nov. 1. Navy will photograph and map entire Antarctic, most of which is still unexplored."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00143806
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d052_f22_i5
CARL0005817878
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/72790
Subject
United States.--Navy
Gordon Enterprises (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Gordon Enterprises (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Employees
Interiors--California--Los Angeles
Camera industry--California--Los Angeles--Employees
Camera industry--California--Los Angeles
Machinists' tools--California--Los Angeles
Machinists--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Lenses
North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1951-1960

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