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Title
Face lifting task
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
1948
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
Photograph caption dated December 8, 1948 reads, "Mother Earth has face lifted by huge dirt moving machine, crossing Moorpark St., at site where permanent highway bridge across Tujunga Wash will be constructed. Traffic on Moorpark will be detoured January 1 across temporary bridge now being rushed to completion."; See images #00113895 through #00113897 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;16 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00113896
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d014_f35_i10
CARL0005293671
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/47790
Subject
Flood control--California--Los Angeles
Bridges--California--Los Angeles--Design and construction
Bridges--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles)
River channels--California--Los Angeles
Earthmoving machinery--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Moorpark Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Tujunga Wash (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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