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Title
Tests prove effectiveness of new equipment
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
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
1961
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 was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated March 1, 1961 reads "A fire-fighting device that 'is no good for battling a kitchen fire buy absolutely perfect for any disaster where an immediate fire-break is needed' was demonstrated Tuesday in Van Nuys by the Los Angeles Fire Department. Here, fireman Bob Vivian shows off a new piece of equipment designed by the Jamieson Laboratories, 7900 Haskell Ave., Van Nuys, as he rides atop his Caterpillar tractor. Wearing the company's refrigerated helmet, Vivian can get as close to the fire as he desires and can level the house in a matter of minutes, containing the fire to a specified area. At the rear is a wind machine that sprays 'humidified air' over a fire area to 'cool it down' for firemen to approach. This device, designed by Controlled Airstreams, Inc., Inglewood, was another of the devices tested by the fire department in its current training program."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00129644
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d034_f38_i10
CARL0005478145
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/60651
Subject
Caterpillar Tractor Company
Men--California--Los Angeles
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles--Uniforms
Fires--California--Los Angeles
Tractors--California--Los Angeles
Fans (Machinery)--California--Los Angeles
Helmets--California--Los Angeles
Trees--California--Los Angeles
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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