Records, 1939-1986, bulk 1952-1986.

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Records, 1939-1986, bulk 1952-1986.

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This accession includes reports of the Visibility Laboratory dated 1939-1966, general correspondence of the Visibility Laboratory dated 1952-1969, records of Roswell W. Austin, Director of the Visibility Laboratory, dated 1956-1975, records of laboratory scientist J.L. Harris dated 1954-1978, and records of laboratory scientist John E. Tyler. The accession also includes the Visibility Laboratory master file of photographic negatives and prints.

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University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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Tyler, John E. (John Edwards), 1911-

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Harris, J. L.

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Austin, Roswell M.

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Visibility Laboratory

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The Visibility Laboratory originated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1939. Its mission was to apply optics to problems of camouflage and misdirection with respect to an anticipated aerial bombardment of Boston, and its early work was supported by the WPA. When the War began, National Defense Research Committee funding was secured, and the work of the Laboratory centered on investigations of target locations and the location of downed pilots. After the War, the Laboratory received...