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Title
Cancer weapon arrives in L.A
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
1958
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 November 17, 1958 reads "Louis Tabak, left, president of City of Hope, meets caravan carrying Cesium ring, cancer-destroying unit for hospital, on its arrival in Los Angeles. With him are County Supervisor Warren M. Dorn, center, and Mayor Norris Poulson."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00133392
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d040_f4_i13
CARL0005578328
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/63854
Subject
Dorn, Warren M
Poulson, Norris,--1895-1982
Tabak, Louis,--1894-1985
City of Hope Cancer Research Center
Mayors--California--Los Angeles
County officials and employees--California--Los Angeles County
Municipal officials and employees--California--San Fernando Valley
Cancer--Treatment--California--San Fernando Valley
Community health services--California--San Fernando Valley
Signs and signboards--California--San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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