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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated September 21, 1962 reads, "Los Angeles County Supervisor Warren Dorn, front left, and City Councilman Thomas D. Shepard, front right, participate in groundbreaking ceremonies Wednesday for a new steel-plate girder across the Los Angeles River, just west of Lindley Ave., at Victory Blvd., Reseda. Also joining in the ceremonies are, back row from left, J. E. Michelmore, Reseda Chamber of Commerce, and Howard W. Chappel, Los Angeles Board of Public Works. The $678,000 project, financed jointly by the city and county, is to be completed within 300 calendar days by the Oberg Construction Co. of Inglewood."
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Dorn, Warren M Shepard, Thomas D Reseda Chamber of Commerce (Reseda, Los Angeles, Calif.) Oberg Construction Co Los Angeles (Calif.).--Department of Public Works--Officials and employees Construction equipment--California--Los Angeles City council members--California--Los Angeles County council members--California--Los Angeles County Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Reseda (Los Angeles) Bridges--California--Reseda (Los Angeles) Bridges--California--Los Angeles--Design and construction Men--California--Los Angeles Rivers--California, Southern Reseda (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles River (Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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