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Title
Ready to tear down Jeffries barn
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
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
Date Created and/or Issued
1954
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated November 16, 1954 reads "While workers start tearing down Jim Jeffries' barn in Burbank, officials connected with operation discuss details. Left to right, are Walter Knott, owner of Knott's Berry Farm where barn will be reassembled; David Cannon, contractor for hotel to be built on barn's site; Russell Knott, son of farm's owner, and Russell Dailey, owner of property."; See images #00124483 through #00124484 for all photos in this series.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00124483
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d029_f3_i27
CARL0005419984
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/56009
Subject
Knott, Walter,--1889-1981
Knott, Russell,--1916-2002
Jeffries, James J.,--1875-1953--Homes and haunts
Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Businessmen--United States
Amusement park owners--United States
Contractors--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Construction workers--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Fathers and sons--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Barns--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Signs and signboards--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Trees--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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