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Title: Leveling canyon floor
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 was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated April 12, 1956 reads, "Lopez Canyon, off-shoot from San Gabriel mountains, is latest San Fernando Valley area location to be industrially developed. This view shows where developers have taken fill from slopes of canyon to level out spot to provide space for new plants. An independent water supply is assured from spring that runs down canyon from mountains. For many years, area was used only by picnickers who enjoyed shade of wooded canyon, named for Geronimo Lopez."; See images #00144671 through #00144676 for all photos in this series.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00144672
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d053_f25_i18
CARL0005861955
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/73141
Subject: Real estate development--California--Los Angeles County
Grading (Earthwork)--California--Los Angeles County
Mountains--California, Southern
San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)
Lopez Canyon (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Los Angeles County (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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