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Title
Check out new fire command trailer
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.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Photograph caption dated July 26, 1961 reads "Noel Manchester, foreground, chief of communications for the Los Angeles County Fire Department, and Capt. Dick Bird, chief photo officer, inspect department's new $8,000 communications and command post trailer. The seven-man trailer, to be housed in Pacoima, is completely equipped with phones, a radio network and other equipment needed in case of a major disaster. It replaces a command post trailer that had been in service for 23 years."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Identifier
00155111
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d059_f4_i5
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/128115
Subject
Los Angeles County (Calif.).--Fire Department
Fire fighters
County officials and employees
Men
Trailers
Signs and signboards
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Time Period
1961-1970

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