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Photograph caption dated August 25, 1955 reads "Huge oak tree, hundreds of years old, alongside deep wash that skirts under Balboa boulevard may be spared by flood control engineers who are completing preliminary work for extension of road northwest of City of San Fernando. View above, taken from top of Chatsworth reservoir section of Los Angeles aqueduct, shows dragline in bed of small stream."; See images #00143269 through #00143270 for all photos in this series.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Men--California--Los Angeles Road construction workers--California--Los Angeles Roads--Design and construction Oak--California--Los Angeles Civic improvement--California--Los Angeles Earthmoving machinery--California--Los Angeles Trucks--California--Los Angeles Cranes, derricks, etc.--California--Los Angeles Trees--California--Los Angeles Balboa Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Chatsworth (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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