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Order Number	00058226
Title	New air raid siren
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 8080.
Date	1954
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	Jack Campbell opens the flap of the Chrysler Air Raid Siren. Photo caption reads: "This 5400-pound monster is one of three new type air raid sirens which will be tested at noon next Monday, the Office of Civil Defense announced today. Examining it is Jack Campbell, superintendent of the Federal Building, where it is now located. The siren has a range of from three to five miles. Current sirens have a range of about one mile. The two other sirens to be tested are near the Griffith Park Planetarium and above Avenue 43 in Highland Park". Photo dated: January 22, 1954.
Subject	Campbell, Jack,--1927-2007. Sirens (Signaling devices). Air raid warning systems--California--Los Angeles. Civil defense--California--Los Angeles. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
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	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection