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Title: Snow stops plow in canyon
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1955
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Photograph caption dated January 12, 1955 reads, "Plow, which opened traffic along Mint Canyon, south of Palmdale, remains helplessly stranded on edge of canyon after hitting soft shoulder. Other highway equipment had to be sent to scene to rescue plow."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00140302
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d048_f10_i9
CARL0005707776
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/69194
Subject: Automobiles--Cold weather operation--California--Santa Clarita
Snow removal--California--Santa Clarita
Snowplows--California--Santa Clarita
Snow--California--Santa Clarita
Canyons--California--Santa Clarita
Roads--California--Santa Clarita
Men--California--Santa Clarita
Santa Clarita (Calif.)
Mint Canyon (Santa Clarita, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Time Period: 1951-1960

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