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Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Original photograph has a stain at the top of the picture. Photograph caption dated October 20, 1955 reads "Civil Defense officials inspect radiological home shelter built by Harold Stone in his backyard at 6847 Nestle Ave., Reseda. From left are Tim Stone, 6, son of inventor; Stone, and Richard F. Lynch, Los Angeles Civil Defense director. One-room four-person shelter has six-inch walls of steel-reinforced cement and contains food supplies."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Lynch, Richard F.,--1914-2006 Los Angeles (Calif.).--Office of Civil Defense--Officials and employees Men--California--Los Angeles Boys--California--Los Angeles Fathers and sons--California--Los Angeles Municipal officials and employees--California--Los Angeles Civil defense--California--Los Angeles Civil defense readiness--California--Los Angeles Nuclear bomb shelters--California--Los Angeles Reseda (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits Valley Times Collection photographs
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