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Title
Swimming pool death trap eliminated
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
1962
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
Pictured is an area, once containing a swimming pool full of black water and rotting wood, now filled in with dirt and the surrounding area cleared of dangerous debris. Mrs. Montine Putney, chairman of the Safety and Juvenile Protection Committee of the Fair Avenue Elementary School PTA, began a campaign to eliminate the hazardous area just blocks away from the school located at 6501 Fair Avenue in North Hollywood. Photograph dated March 20, 1962.; See images #00131111 through #00131112 for all photos in this series.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00131112
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d036_f21_i24
CARL0005527530
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/61638
Subject
Fair Avenue Elementary School (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Fair Avenue Elementary School (Los Angeles, Calif.).--PTA
Swimming pools--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Vacant lands--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Apartment houses--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Dwellings--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Trees--California--Los Angeles
North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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