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Title: Governor declares State of Emergency
Creator: UPI
Date Created and/or Issued: 02 /19/1980
Contributing Institution: Center for Sacramento History
Collection: Center for Sacramento History Photo Collection
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Description: Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. is flanked by Lt. Gov. Mike Curb, and California National Guard Commander Frank Schober, Jr., as the governor declared a state of emergency in three counties of southern California after seven days of rains that have caused widespread havoc in the area. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed or damage by flooding and mudslides and at least 17 persons have lost their lives. The governor also put 19,000 National Guard troops and 1,000 California Conservation Corps workers on alert.
Type: image
Identifier: A7C9D09B-2F26-42A5-9982-894784259477
1983/001/SBPMP00323
Subject: Floods
Brown, Edmund G. (Jerry)
Curb, Lt. Gov. Mike
Schrober, Jr., Frank

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