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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated March 10, 1960 reads "Broken pipe creates swimming pool - North Hollywood youngsters find they have new swimming pool hole created by broken water main. Ditch-digger burrowing trench for storm drain along Coldwater Canyon avenue near Burbank boulevard struck pipe. Three-hundred foot geyser shot towards sky, water filled ditch and houses were showered with water-borne rocks before Department of Water and Power crews shut off main." Cross street is Albers Street.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Men--California--Los Angeles Children--California--Los Angeles Boys--California--Los Angeles Construction industry--Accidents--California--Los Angeles Water-pipes--California--Los Angeles Floods--California--Los Angeles Coldwater Canyon Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) Burbank Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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