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Title: Blaze blocks ridge route
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: 1957
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.
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Description: Photograph caption dated July 15, 1957 reads "California Highway partolmen cars stop in foreground as billowing smoke from oil sump rises skyward. Traffic was detoured through Newhall several hours. Investigators said that blaze started near this point in Weldon Canyon. One of first things burned was oil sump. Two structures and automobile were burned. There were no injuries." See images 00154666 through 00154671 for all photos in this series.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 15 x 20 cm.
Identifier: 00154669
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d058_f15_i30
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/127751
Subject: California Highway Patrol
Police
Men
Police vehicles
Fires
Smoke
Automobiles
Express highways
Mountains
Weldon Canyon (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Time Period: 1951-1960

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