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Photograph caption dated November 11, 1959 reads "Blue Diamond Co. has supplied vast quantities of basic building material for Valley construction projects since 1929. Over 10,000 cubic yards of their truck mixed concrete have gone into the construction of the William Howard Taft High School at Winnetka Ave. and Ventura Blvd. The $4 1/2 million Los Angeles City High School District project will accomodate 2,500 students."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Blue Diamond Corporation (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Employees William Howard Taft High School (Woodland Hills, Calif.) Men--California--Los Angeles Construction workers--California--Los Angeles High schools--California--Los Angeles High school buildings--California--Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) Building sites--California--Los Angeles Building construction--California--Los Angeles Building materials--California--Los Angeles Concrete mixers--California--Los Angeles Ladders Signs and signboards--California--Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) Woodland Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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