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Photograph dated December 10, 1963, never published, shows the new facility dedication of International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation at 15191 Bledsoe St., Sylmar. Speaking is Colonel Charles A. Thorpe, Director of Engineering, 1st Strategic Aerospace Division, Vandenberg Air Force Base. Seated from the left are Los Angeles Mayor Samuel W. Yorty, California Governor Edmund G. Brown, and John J. Graham, vice president and area general manager of ITT. Behind Colonel Thorpe, in white socks and wearing glasses, is Dr. Norman E. Friedmann, vice president, California operations of ITT.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Brown, Edmund G.--(Edmund Gerald),--1905-1996 Yorty, Sam,--1909-1998 International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation--Employees United States.--Air Force.--Strategic Air Command Men--California--Los Angeles Building dedications--California--Los Angeles Podiums--California--Los Angeles Lecterns--California--Los Angeles Microphones Governors--California Mayors--California--Los Angeles Sylmar (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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