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Title: Bulldozer Cutting Fire Break
Creator: Dunham, F. E. (Photographer)
United States. Forest Service
Date Created and/or Issued: 1948-09-13/1948-09-14
Publication Information: Museum of Ventura County
Contributing Institution: Museum of Ventura County
Collection: General Collection
Rights Information: The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
Description: Scene showing a bulldozer cutting a fire break near Arbolada in Meiners Oaks. Dark smoke fills the air. A scouting helicopter is visible overhead. Museum records include note: "Fire too close--bulldozer leaving."
Type: image
Format: Black and white photograph
12.8 x 16.7 cm
Identifier: 17432
Language: English
Subject: Bulldozers
Fuelbreaks
Fires--California--Ventura County
Place: California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Source: William Friend Collection, 1990

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