Title supplied by cataloger. Belmont High School students push the world's largest broom a quarter mile up 7th Street in downtown Los Angeles for "Operation Big Sweep," to tell City Hall that area residents and store owners want their littered streets cleaned. The "broom," behind which they are standing, was designed by students of the USC School of Engineering, and is 105 feet long, 40 feet wide and weighs about 3,500 pounds. Various businesses, office buildings, and skyscrapers are seen throughout the image. Photograph dated November 10, 1985
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
Urban renewal--California--Los Angeles Teenage volunteers in social service--California--Los Angeles High school students--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Motels--California--Los Angeles Skyscrapers--California--Los Angeles Office buildings--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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