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Title
Windows signs warn burglars
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
1957
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.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Photograph caption dated November 8, 1957 reads "Former magazine photographer George Strock, who owns radio shop in Burbank, has devised his own early warning electronic network to ward off burglars. Last October thieves entered and took $1,800 in equipment. Now spotlight shines on sign at night and warns burglars of such trip-devices as hi-voltage and infra-red traps inside. Sign for back door, in fore ground [sic], tells burglars to look at display window."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 15 x 16 cm.
Identifier
00155475
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d059_f19_i20.; H-22288.1 4x5
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/128505
Subject
Businessmen
Men
Stores & shops
Crime prevention
Signs and signboards
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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