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Photograph caption dated April 28, 1958 reads,"Fireman Gerald Bledsoe, left, keeps rope handy as others pull Wilson Horsberger, 14, of Van Nuys, and Ronald Andrews, 14, of Pacoima from Pacoima Wash where the boys were trapped after they tried to cross deep rushing waters of wash. Their broken bicycles were found two miles downstream from the place where they tried to cross wash."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Rescues--California--San Fernando Valley Young men--San Fernando Valley Spectators--San Fernando Valley Police--San Fernando Valley Men--San Fernando Valley Flood control channels--California--San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Pacoima Wash (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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