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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated April 17, 1956 reads, "Shown at San Fernando Valley Airport, Van Nuys, where they received helicopter which it is hoped will help control Los Angeles traffic are, from left, pilots Robert Vanaken, Donald Miles and Vernon Armstrong, Councilman Robert Wilkinson, Mayor Norris Poulson and Chief of Police William Parker." The Norman Larson Co. hangar can be seen in the background.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Wilkinson, Robert Poulson, Norris,--1895-1982 Parker, William H.--(William Henry),--1902-1966 Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department--Officials and employees Van Nuys Airport Aeronautics in police work--California--Los Angeles Mayors--California--Los Angeles Police chiefs--California--Los Angeles City council members--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles Helicopter pilots--California--Los Angeles Helicopters--California--Los Angeles Hangars--California--Los Angeles Airports--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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