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Photograph caption dated September 12, 1956 reads, "Fifty-year-old eucalyptus trees, planted as a windbreak in early ranching days, are saved by San Fernando firemen who doused flames in branches. The flames swept into the lower branches of the trees from dry grass close to a new subdivision within Los Angeles city limits. Fire was on former site of Porter-Christian Ranch."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Fires--California--San Fernando Fire fighters--California--San Fernando Fire extinction--California--San Fernando Historic trees--California--San Fernando Eucalyptus--California--San Fernando Trees--California--San Fernando San Fernando (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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