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Photograph caption dated September 1, 1955 reads "Charles E. Lambert, office manager at the Union Ice Co. in Van Nuys, beats record Valley heat which rose to 110 degrees outside with ice block chair in company's ice storage building. Ice house's coolest room registered 30 degrees below."; See images #00143285 through #00143287 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
Union Ice Company (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Employees Men--California--Los Angeles Ice--California--Los Angeles Ice industry--California--Los Angeles Heat waves (Meteorology)--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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