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Title
Plane brain power center
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
1958
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 caption dated February 18, 1958 reads, "Aerial view shows Lockheed Aircraft Corporation's new $9,000,000 Engineering Flight Test Center in Burbank at north end of Lockheed Air Terminal. Housing 1,200 scientists and engineers and covering five acres, center is believed to be industry's most complete and up-to-date flight facility. Hangar doors, three stories high, open directly to apron where Navy WV-2 radar sentry airplane is parked. Upper right area of building is large enough to accommodate four four-engine transports."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00120752
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d024_f26_i21
CARL0005391076
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/53573
Subject
Lockheed Air Terminal, Inc
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.--Engineering Flight Test Center
Industrial buildings--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Airplanes, Military--United States
Parking lots--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Automobiles--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Streets--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Railroad tracks--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Electric lines--Poles and towers
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)--Aerial views
Aerial photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs

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