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Title
Observers get timepiece
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 December 4, 1956 reads, "Harvey Austin, left, Van Nuys jewelry store manager, presents clock with special Air Force time markings to Charles Van Zandt, right, supervisor of West Van Nuys Ground Observer Corps. Looking on is Capt. Joe Fry, commander, Pasadena Air Defense Filter Center. Clock will be installed in observer station."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00146640
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d056_f10_i15
CARL0005886255
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/74608
Subject
United States.--Aircraft Warning Service.--Ground Observer Corps
Men--California--San Fernando Valley
Gifts--California--San Fernando Valley
Clocks and watches--California--San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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