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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated March 6, 1958 reads, "Service station owner Al Blonstein, thumbs through phone book to try and get somebody to take swarm of bees off his hands. Busy bees...started working on his sign at Ventura boulevard and Rhodes avenue in Studio City. Many residents reported similar swarms of moths and butterflies in formation in many parts of Valley."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Texaco, Inc Swarming (Zoology)--California--Los Angeles Bees--California--Los Angeles Service stations--California--Studio City (Los Angeles) Service stations--California--Los Angeles--Employees Men--California--Los Angeles Reading--California--Los Angeles Telephone--California--Los Angeles--Directories Vending machines--California--Los Angeles Signs and signboards--California--Studio City (Los Angeles) Studio City (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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