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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated July 3, 1964 reads, "Firemen from all over Southern California were ready to mass here on the south slopes of Bee Canyon, northeast of Newhall, in an attempt to check the summer's first major fire. The blaze began yesterday when a marksman accidentally clipped a power line."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
Fires--California--Los Angeles County Mountains--California, Southern Brush--California--Los Angeles County Roads--California--Los Angeles County Electric lines--California--Poles and towers Los Angeles County (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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