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Photograph caption dated December 15, 1955 reads, "George Hjelte, right, general manager of the Los Angeles city Recreation and Park Department, indicates proposed route of Foothill Freeway which he says would cut through 50 acres of Hansen Dam Park. Looking on are, from left, Fred W. Roewekamp, superintendent of park development; George Marks, senior recreation director; Larry Norman, president of the city recreation and park commission and C. E. Chandler, city engineer of streets and parkway design."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Hjelte, George Los Angeles (Calif.).--Department of Recreation and Parks--Employees Express highways--California, Southern Land subdivision--California--Lake View Terrace Parks--California--Lake View Terrace Men--California--Lake View Terrace Lake View Terrace (Calif.) Hansen Dam (Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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