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Photograph caption dated March 11, 1954 reads, "David Lederman, Tarzana ceramics manufacturer, examines beginnings of West Valley powerline super-structure, first rising in Valley, whose 55-foot height will carry high voltage lines 25 feet from his Tarzana hillside property. Lederman was one of group protesting overground installation of the wires."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Overhead electric lines--California--Los Angeles Electric utilities--California--Los Angeles Electric lines--California--Los Angeles Electric lines--Poles and towers Trees--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Pointing (Gesture) Tarzana (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs
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