Advertisement

Photos: Ideas for coping with smog abound in China - much like in LA during the 1950s

A policeman works on a pollution-shrouded street in Harbin, China.

A policeman works on a pollution-shrouded street in Harbin, China.   (AFP/Getty Images)

China is full of crazy smog fighting ideas. So was LA in the 1950s and 1960s.

A smog mask

Sera Segal-Alsberg, an artist-instructor, wears a mask while driving in West Hollywood in 1979.   (Boris Yaro / Los Angeles Times)

Smog in Los Angeles

Los Angeles City Hall is all but obscured by thick smog in 1953.   (R.L. Oliver / Los Angeles Times)

Fog cannon

Starlight, a Chinese environmental company, recently unveiled a pollution-fighting mobile “fog cannon” designed to control particulate matter at coal depots and other industrial sites.   (Julie Makinen / Los Angeles Times)

Most Read in This Section

Advertisement