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Title
1962 - Burbank Central Library Groundbreaking
Contributor
(Photographer)
Date Created and/or Issued
1962
Contributing Institution
Burbank Public Library
Collection
Burbank Public Library
Rights Information
Burbank Public Library, Burbank in Focus Office
Description
Photo of city officials at the groundbreaking of the new Burbank Central Library. Notes on the photo identify only a few of the people pictured. Front row, left to right: Harmon Bennett (City Manager), unidentified, Robert Brandon (Burbank Mayor 1961-1962 and 1966-1967), and E. Caswell Perry (Library Director). Then-mayor Charles E Compton (Burbank Mayor 1962-1963 and 1967-1968) stands in the middle of the center row. In the back row, Newell Cooper (Burbank Mayor 1960-1961) is wearing sunglasses and City Attorney Samuel Gorlick is on the far right.
Type
Image
Format
nonprojected graphic
4 x 5 b&w print
Identifier
islandora:1408
local: cco01341
Subject
Cooper, Newell--Compton, Charles E.--Brandon, Robert F.--Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)--Mayors--1960s--Library directors--Perry, E. Caswell--Signs and signboards--Building--Burbank Public Library (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)--Libraries--Construction equipment--Construction
Relation
City Clerk's Office

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