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Title
Tree doctor saves big oak with 23-ton filler
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
1949
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 February 1, 1949 reads, "Given new hold on life - Joseph Varela, doctor of tree surgery, points to cement filling that structurally strengthens historic old oak, and at the same time prevents additional decay. Cavity will gradually seal over, shutting the cement filling from view."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00129912
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d035_f16_i15
CARL0005503053
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/60872
Subject
Trees--Diseases and pests--California--Los Angeles
Trees, Care of--California--Los Angeles
Historic trees--California--Los Angeles
Tree declines--California--Los Angeles
Tree cavities--California--Los Angeles
Trees--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Encino (Los Angeles)
Encino (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950

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