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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated May 27, 1961 reads, "Firehouse five dedicate station - Shown at official dedication Thursday of Los Angeles City Fire Station number 100 in west Van Nuys are, from left in rear, Fire Commission president Harold Billings and Mayor Norris Poulson. In front, with fire hose, are Station 100 Capt. Elmer Robar, Los Angeles Fire Chief William Miller and West Valley Association of Chambers of Commerce representative Donald D. Lorenzen. The new facility was built at a cost of $227,180, provided from 1959 fire bond funds, and will house a total of 26 firemen on three shifts."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Billings, Harold Miller, William L Poulson, Norris,--1895-1982 Fire Station No. 100 (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles (Calif.).--Fire Department Los Angeles (Calif.).--Fire Department--Officials and employees West Valley Associated Chambers of Commerce--Presidents Men--California--Los Angeles Building dedications--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Fire stations--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles--Equipment and supplies Fire engines--California--Los Angeles Fire departments--California--Los Angeles Fire departments--California--Los Angeles--Equipment and supplies Fire hose Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles Mayors--California--Los Angeles Fire chiefs--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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