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Title: Pop's Willow Lake
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: 1950
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 was edited for publication purposes; Title supplied by cataloger.
Pop's Willow Lake was a resort along Big Tujunga Wash upstream from today's Hansen Dam, which featured a dance hall and cafe. James A. (Pop) Gautier opened the resort in 1931, but suffered major damage in the 1938 floods. It was rebuilt in the early 1940s, and Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jean Baker) went on dates there with her first husband while still attending Van Nuys High school.
Photograph dated July 11, 1950 shows James A. 'Pop' Gautier relaxing along Pop's Willow Lake, the popular swimming and recreation area he owns and operates located near Hansen Dam.; See images #00114810 through #00114811 for all photos in this series.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00114811
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d016_f15_i3
CARL0005301467
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/48178
Subject: Businessmen--California--Los Angeles County
Men--California--Los Angeles County
Lakes--California--Los Angeles County
Mountains--California, Southern
Birds--California--Los Angeles County
Pop's Willow Lake (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Tujunga Wash (Calif.)
Lake View Terrace (Calif.)
San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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