1968 Press Photo J.C. Coste, maintenance repairman with mosquito control program

J.C. Coste, a maintenance repairman with the mosquito control program, checks equipment inside the C-47, which the program received from the federal government. The giant plane, which has been compared to a boxer's Sunday punch, is utilized when an invasion of adult mosquitoes becomes eminent or when a brood of adults makes its way into the city and must be knocked off as quickly as possible.

Photo is dated 1968.

Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.