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Title
1948 - Public Service Department Building Groundbreaking
Contributor
Paul E. Wolfe (Photographer)
Date Created and/or Issued
1948
Contributing Institution
Burbank Public Library
Collection
Burbank City Government
Rights Information
Burbank Public Library, Burbank in Focus Office
Description
Photo of Burbank city officials at a Public Service Department groundbreaking ceremony in 1948, likely for the PSD administration building. Left to right: James Lapsley, Floyd Jolley, James McCambridge, Paul Brown, and Ralph Hilton. Building began in January, 1948, and was completed in July, 1949. Built at a cost of $500,000, the two-story, air-conditioned structure was part of a $6-million construction program planned by Public Service Department General Manager McCambridge. The building was dedicated August 11, 1949. The Public Service Department, formed in 1913, changed its name to Burbank Water and Power in 2001.
Type
Image
Format
nonprojected graphic
7½ x 9½ b&w print
Identifier
islandora:1435
local: bwp00005
Subject
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)--Buildings--Public--Mayors--City council members--Jolley, Floyd J.--Brown, Paul L.--Hilton, Ralph H.--Public Services Department--Department of Water and Power--1940s
Relation
Burbank Water and Power

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