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Title: Parks provide recreation, leisure for Valley millions
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: 1956
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 caption dated October 1, 1956 reads, "Contests, lessons at pools - Youngsters line up for lessons in fine points of swimming competition as Van Nuys-Sherman Oaks pool prepares to close after summer season. One of the most popular Valley sports, swimming drew nearly 500,000 to municipal pools this summer. Life guards double as swimming instructors."; See images #00116350 through #00116352 for all photos in this series.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00116350
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d018_f4_i18
CARL0005329974
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/50101
Subject: Swimming--Training--California--Los Angeles
Swimming coaches--California--Los Angeles
Swimmers--California--Los Angeles
Swimming pools--California--Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles)
Teenagers--California--Los Angeles
Parks--California--Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles)
Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Van Nuys Sherman Oaks War Memorial Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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