Valley snow gives traffic trouble, but kids have fun
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
Photograph caption dated January 30, 1957 reads, "Desert snow in Antelope Valley - Heavy snow crusts Joshua trees in Antelope Valley desert. Antelope Valley was hardest hit by freakish storm. More than 16,000 children stayed home from school when snow hindered school buses, stranded some children in nearby mountain communities and made driving hazardous."; See images #00116868 through #00116874 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Snow--California--Antelope Valley Joshua tree--California--Antelope Valley Deserts--California, Southern Blizzards--California--Antelope Valley Antelope Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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