Category: LOAN
Object Type: photograph
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Date: 1963
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: NYT.2016.0094.0010

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: 13-031-L-9; typed: LONELY SENTINEL -- First warning of a manned bomber attack against the North American / continent might well be flashed from this Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line outpost in the / Aleutian Islands. DEW Line radar stations such as this stretch from the Aleutians across / northern Alaska and the Canadian arctic through Greenland and Iceland to the Faeroe Islands / north of Scotland. They scan the top of the world ready to flash instant warning of hostile aircraft / to North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) headquarters at Colorado Springs, Colorado. / The DEW Line is integrated within the total defense system of North America through inter- / connection with the Mid-Canada Line, the Pine Tree System, coastal radar stations, radar patrol / planes and radar picket ships. / (OFFICIAL NORAD PHOTO); stamped: [illeg.] / DATE RECEIVED / MAY 30 1963 / IN PICTURE FILES / PHOTO LIBRARY

Credit Line: The Rudolph P. Bratty Family Collection