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Title
Demolition squad destroys dangers
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Keeshen, Walt
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
1956
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 May 31, 1956 reads, "Storehouse - Firemen tramp through brush to secret dynamite fuse storehouse hidden in Griffith Park. Dynamite and fuse material are stored separately to prevent accidental explosions. Cache is camouflaged with natural hillside covering of brush."; See images #00145290 through #00145297 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00145291
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d054_f6_i3
CARL0005863290
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/73222
Subject
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Fire Department
Fire departments--California--Los Angeles
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles
Storage facilities--California--Los Angeles
Explosives--California--Los Angeles
Dynamite--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Mountains--California, Southern
Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1951-1960

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