Northridge library going up--but none eager to dig
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph caption dated March 5, 1962 reads "City officials and Northridgers gather for groundbreaking ceremonies at site of planned new Northridge city branch library at 9051 Darby Ave. Left to right: Bob Merritt, honorary sheriff of Northridge; Joe Jordan, library architect; Harold L. Hamill, chief city librarian; Thomas D. Shepard, Valley councilman; Zada Taylor, Valley regional librarian, Nathan Freedman, honorary mayor of Northridge; Ted Thomas, library commissioner; Ronald Ellenshon, field secretary to the mayor; Paul McCann, honorary fire chief of Northridge."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles Public Library.--Northridge Branch Los Angeles Public Library--Officials and employees Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Women library employees--California--Los Angeles Library employees--California--Los Angeles City council members--California--Los Angeles Architects--United States Municipal officials and employees, Honorary--California--Northridge (Los Angeles) Branch libraries--California--Northridge (Los Angeles) Building sites--California--Northridge (Los Angeles) Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Northridge (Los Angeles) Shovels--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Trees--California--Los Angeles Pointing (Gesture)--California--Los Angeles Northridge (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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