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Photograph caption dated February 27, 1957 reads, "This 200-year-old oak tree at Weddington street and Amestoy avenue in Encino was saved from axe by Board of Public Works. Encino residents and Councilman Earle Baker urged tree be spared. It is said to be part of grove in which Gaspar de Portola stopped in 1769 on trek north in search of Monterey Bay."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Trees in cities--California--Los Angeles Tree planting--California--Los Angeles Trees--California--Los Angeles Dwellings--California--Encino (Los Angeles) Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Encino (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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