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Photograph caption dated November 9, 1957 reads "Helicopter lifts load of 200 pounds of grass seed for planting on 300 acres of Verdugo Mountains denuded by brush fires. Job was done by county at request of city of Burbank. Take-off point for helicopter was Starlight Bowl parking lot in Burbank's Stough Park."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;13 x 16 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles County (Calif.).--Fire Department--Employees Starlight Bowl (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Helicopter pilots--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Helicopter transportation--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Helicopters--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Grasses--Seeds--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Plant propagation Parking lots--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Verdugo Mountains (Calif.) Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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