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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated August 19, 1961 reads, "Painting of new $70 million airport facilities is viewed by (from left) Francis T. Fox, airport manager; W. A. Patterson, United president; Melvin J. Erickson, president of Los Angeles Airport Commission; and Mayor Samuel W. Yorty as United becomes first airline to open its terminal in new International Airport facility that features $500,000 baggage system, new information system, high-speed reservation system and telescoping jetway ramps leading to the planes. Other airlines will open new building soon."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Yorty, Sam,--1909-1998 Los Angeles International Airport United Airlines Airport terminals--California--Los Angeles Airports--California--Los Angeles Mayors--California--Los Angeles Architectural drawings Signs and signboards--California--Westchester (Los Angeles) Microphones Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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