Valley residents protest proposed 137-acre Sylmar cemetery
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
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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
Title supplied by cataloger. Valley residents were attending a public hearing before the City Council's planning committee to oppose an appeal made by Abraham Spiegel for "conditional use authority" to establish a cemetery in the vicinity of Laurel Canyon Blvd. and Hubbard Street. Photograph caption dated December 7, 1960 reads, "Valley residents protest proposed 137-acre Sylmar cemetery. Larry Johnson, right, leads group at Los Angeles City Hall."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles (Calif.).--City Planning Commission Demonstrations--California--Los Angeles Picketing--California--Los Angeles City planning--California--Los Angeles City planning--California--Sylmar (Los Angeles) Cemeteries--California--Sylmar (Los Angeles)--Public opinion Valley Times Collection photographs
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