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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated July 6, 1960 reads, "Fireman Alan Shields, right, driver of fire truck, watches flames burn through parched brush toward Mulholland Drive. Immediately after picture was taken, truck rolled to scene, firefighters shot streams of water onto blaze, preventing fire from jumping road and reaching expensive homes in canyon on other side."; See images #00114970 through #00114971 for all photos in this series.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Fires--California--Los Angeles Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles Fire engines--California--Los Angeles Brush--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Benedict Canyon (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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