Image / Demolition squad destroys dangers
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- Title
- Demolition squad destroys dangers
- Alternative Title
- Valley Times Photo Collection
- Creator
- Keeshen, Walt
- 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 caption dated May 31, 1956 reads, "Plant dynamite on hilltop - John Altree of Van Nuys, left, lowers dynamite into hole as William Harkness prepares to tamp, pack earth on top of charge. Depth of dynamite in ground as well as strength of powder determines force of explosion. Deeper charges are usually used to dislodge heavily embedded material."; See images #00145290 through #00145297 for all photos in this series.
- Type
- image
- Format
- 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
- Identifier
- 00145296
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d054_f6_i8
CARL0005863295
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/73227
- Subject
- Los Angeles (Calif.).--Fire Department
Demolition--California--Chatsworth (Los Angeles)
Fire departments--California--Los Angeles
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles
Explosions--California--Los Angeles
Explosives--California--Los Angeles
Dynamite--California--Los Angeles
Chatsworth (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
- Time Period
- 1951-1960
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