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Title
Power pole braced
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
1957
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 November 22, 1957 reads, "Power company workers fight high velocity winds to brace teetering power pole in San Fernando. Numerous power poles and lines were downed by winds leaving some Valley areas without lights overnight."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 10 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00137065
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d044_f13_i17
CARL0005644493
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/66865
Subject
Electric power failures--California--San Fernando
Electric lines--Poles and towers--Foundations
Electric lines--Poles and towers
Wind damage--California--San Fernando
Winds--California
Winds--Speed
Trucks--California--San Fernando
Men--California--San Fernando
San Fernando (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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