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Title
Building wrecker looks inside walls
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
1955
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 March 17, 1955 reads, "Wrecker tells of odd discoveries - Tex Forister superintends wrecking of San Fernando's old city hall. At right is J. Santos Aceves, one of his crew. Forister has turned up oddities on wrecking jobs during his more than 30 years in the business."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00139143
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d047_f28_i7
CARL0005695287
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/68989
Subject
Construction and demolition debris--California--San Fernando
Demolition--California--San Fernando
Lost architecture--California--San Fernando
City halls--California--San Fernando
Buildings--California--San Fernando
Wrecking--California--San Fernando
Men--California--San Fernando
San Fernando (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1951-1960

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