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Title
Airbourne [sic] firefighter
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
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 14, 1961 reads, "A byproduct of seaweed is now being considered as a suppressant and/or retardant of structural fires. Continuing their search for new fire-fighting methods, the Los Angeles City and County Fire Departments tested a product of the Kelco Co., of Chicago in Van Nuys Monday."; See images #00114205 through #00114207 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00114205
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d015_f15_i22
CARL0005298972
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/48063
Subject
Kelco Co.(Chicago, Ill.)
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Fire Department
Los Angeles County (Calif.).--Fire Department
Men--California--Los Angeles
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles
Public safety--California--Los Angeles
Fire extinction--California--Los Angeles
Smoke--California--Los Angeles
Fire hose
Ladders
Firefighting equipment--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Lost architecture--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Electric lines--Poles and towers
Streets--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Valjean Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Runnymede Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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