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Title
Break ground for recreation area
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 January 6, 1956 reads, "Burbank city and building officials examine blueprints for $680,000 recreation area at McCambridge Park, Amherst street and Glenoaks boulevard. Facility will include swimming pool and recreation buildings. From left art [sic] Sam Harwick, contractor; Joe L. Stetman, architect; Dewey R. Kruckeberg, superintendent of parks and recreation; R. F. Nelson, president of Burbank Chamber of Commerce; Joseph B. Harris, chairman of Parks and Recreation Commission; Mayor Earle Blais, and Carl King, councilman."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00144287
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d053_f7_i17
CARL0005828034
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/72437
Subject
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.).--Department of Parks and Recreation--Officials and employees
Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Municipal officials and employees--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Mayors--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
City council members--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
McCambridge Park (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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