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This is a copy photographic print. Photograph used for an article dated February 22, 1961; the caption reads, "Wide-open spaces. Downtown Van Nuys shortly after community was started has more wide-open spaces than buildings. On left is W.P. Whitsett's tract office for selling land to settlers. Van Nuys Boulevard was then called Sherman Way and Sylvan Street was known as Virginia Street."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Dirt roads--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Real estate business--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Horse-drawn vehicles--California--Los Angeles Flags--United States Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Sylvan Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Van Nuys Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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