Groundbreaking for the Fort Moore Pioneer Memorial. Left to right foreground are Supervisor John Anson Ford, Councilman Ernest Debs, Mrs. Moses Davis, originator of the memorial idea; Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz, Arthur Gardner, school board member; rear left to right are H. A. Van Norman, Memorial committeeman, and William Himrod, Water and Power Commission vice president. The project cost $373,887. Photo dated: Jul. 13, 1953.
Ford, John Anson Debs, Ernest E.,--1904-2002 Biscailuz, Eugene W.,--1883-1969 Gardner, Arthur,--1910-2014 Fort Moore Pioneer Memorial Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Los Angeles Monuments & memorials--California--Los Angeles County council members--California--Los Angeles County Sheriffs--California--Los Angeles County Fort Moore Hill (Los Angeles, Calif.) Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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