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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated July 20, 1962 reads "Los Angeles City Councilman Tom Shepard is on hand to assist Katherine Laich, assistant city librarian, at the groundbreaking for Chatsworth's first public library. The library, financed out of the $6,400,000 bond issue approved by voters in 1957, will be erected on the southeast corner of Devonshire St. and Variel Ave. It will be of contemporary design with large ares of grass."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Shepard, Thomas D Laich, Katherine Los Angeles Public Library--Officials and employees Los Angeles Public Library.--Chatsworth Branch Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles City council members--California--Los Angeles Librarians--California--Los Angeles Architectural drawings Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Chatsworth (Los Angeles) Building sites--California--Chatsworth (Los Angeles) Shovels--California--Los Angeles Easels--California--Los Angeles Trees--California--Los Angeles Chatsworth (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Valley Times Collection photographs
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