Like a miniature Vesuvius, this open dump belches forth clouds of eye-irritating smog to pollute the atmosphere of the entire Los Angeles County. Scores of open dumps like this one would be eliminated through a county-wide incinerator and rubbish collection system, Proposition No. 7 in the next bond issue election. Photo date: August 2, 1945.
Refuse and refuse disposal--California Fires--California Pollution--California Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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