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Title: Drone downed in desert
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: 1956
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 August 17, 1956 reads, "Marine guards from Pt. Mugu examine crater by crash of Navy F-6F radio-controlled drone which apparently was shot down north of Littlerock near 110th and P streets by Air Force. Wreckage was scattered over wide area. Demolition experts are searching today for dud rockets throughout Antelope Valley."; See images #00114906 through #00114908 for all photos in this series.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00114907
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d016_f19_i23
CARL0005305455
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/48459
Subject: United States.--Marine Corps
Drone aircraft--California--Antelope Valley
Debris--California--Antelope Valley
Craters--California
Men--California--Antelope Valley
Joshua trees--California--Antelope Valley
Antelope Valley (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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