A City in Darkness

ID: 430 ~ Source: "Washington, D.C. First test blackout from roof of Printcraft building," http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b12882. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives, Library of Congress.

This file appears in: KVOL: Voice of Lafayette: Lafayette's Airwaves During World War II

The Lafayette blackout was meant to prepare civilians in the event of an air raid. This image shows a test blackout in Washington, D.C. taken around 1943.

This file appears in: KVOL: Voice of Lafayette: Lafayette's Airwaves During World War II

KVOL: Voice of Lafayette: Lafayette's Airwaves During World War II

By Lindsey DeLaughter

In 1935, the Evangeline Broadcasting Company was issued a license from the FCC for the creation of a radio station in Lafayette under the call sign KVOL (Voice of Lafayette). In late 1935, the station…