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Don Lee Broadcasting System antenna

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Order Number	00073099
Title	Don Lee Broadcasting System antenna
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	Television-Studios
Date	[ca. 1938]
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Historical Data	Don Lee (d. 1934) had applied for the license for the W6XAO transmitter in February 1931, and it was granted five months later and transmitted programs from a location in downtown Los Angeles. In the late 1930s, Thomas Lee, Don Lee's son, purchased this 20-acre site on Mt. Lee to increase the transmission field of the station. This 300 feet high steel antenna, built to the cost $200,000, is placed upon what is considered the highest television transmission site in the world.
Description	The new transmitter antenna and station building for Don Lee Broadcasting System's electronic television station W6XAO, located atop of Griffith Park's 1,700 ft. high Mt. Lee.
Subject	Don Lee Broadcasting System. Transmitting antennas--California--Los Angeles. Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles. Television stations--California--Los Angeles. Mountains--California, Southern. Mount Lee (Calif.). Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection