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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated February 10, 1962 reads, "Helicopter patrol - A police department helicopter patrols the unfenced Los Angeles River Flood Control Channel near Mason avenue in Canoga Park, only a short distance from where 7-year-old Charles Hibbs was swept to his death Thursday by raging flood waters. Meanwhile, the county flood control district has called for an investigation of the unfenced section, and the County Board of Supervisors demanded that all such washes in urban areas be fenced or covered."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department Flood control channels--California--Los Angeles Rain and rainfall--California--Los Angeles Storms--California--Los Angeles Helicopters--California--Los Angeles Floods--California--Los Angeles Rivers--California, Southern Canoga Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles River (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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