Category: The Black Star Collection
Government agency: Bureau of Public Information (P.I.)
Event Date: 1939-1945
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.094650

Inscriptions:
Recto, handwritten on negative: WRC - 566; Verso: 9297//35 / 2nd WW / Canadian army; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / P.I. [handwritten] / from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING NEW YORK; EARS TO THE EAST / Members of an East Coast anti-aircraft battery are shown at / one of the listening devices which are trained on the sky night and day. / So sensitive is this equipment that the sound of a locomotive whistle a / mile away creates an almost deafening racket in the ears of the operators.

Tagasauris Keywords: 3 people; Science and technology; Unrest, conflicts and war
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: CANADA / ARMY
Retouching: N