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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated December 7, 1956 reads, "Ralph Morse, left, electric steam operator; Robert W. Stine, center, general plant supervisor, and G. E. Brinkworth, senior electric system operator, recall night shortly after Pearl Harbor when they pulled circuits in Burbank steam plant plunging city into darkness in first blackout."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941--Anniversaries, etc Steam power plants--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Steam power plants--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)--Employees Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Blackouts in war Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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