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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated July 8, 1957 reads, "Five workers use radio active Cobalt 60, size of aspirin tablet to X-ray composition of wall of North Hollywood High Auditorium as part of rehabilitation program. Process is superior to old time-consuming and expensive methods of cutting into wall to test strength. From left are Bill Lamb, Board of Education; Ernst Maag, engineer, Department of Public Works; Dick Holste, holding radiation counter; Edwin Stahl, structural engineer for city schools, checking X-ray film, and Walter Brown, technician, handling cobalt on end of 20-foot mechanical claw."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 18 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Board of Education--Employees Los Angeles (Calif.).--Board of Public Works--Employees Los Angeles County (Calif.).--Building and Safety Division--Employees North Hollywood High School (Los Angeles, Calif.) High schools--California--Los Angeles High school buildings--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) Men--California--Los Angeles Engineers--California--Los Angeles Dosimeters Cobalt--Isotopes--California--Los Angeles Radioisotopes Screen-film radiography--California--Los Angeles Radioactive waste disposal--Equipment and supplies Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles Vans--California--Los Angeles North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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