Ventura Freeway guard rail will answer mother's prayer
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Valley Times Photo Collection;
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Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends. 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
Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph article dated July 1, 1961 partially reads, "'Our nightmare has ended. It's the answer to our prayers.' This was the reaction of a Sherman Oaks mother of seven children when the Valley Times TODAY told her Thursday that state engineers have recommended that a guard rail be built along the Ventura Freeway where it faces her home. Mrs. Jack Rush, 4721 Greenbush Ave., had appealed for the guard rail since two cars, a load of lumber, a giant truck tire and a conglomeration of hub caps and other auto accessories had come flying into her yard and the yards of her neighbors." Photograph caption reads, "Family protests debris tumbling into yard from freeway. Mrs. Jack Rush, seven children check items found in Sherman Oaks backyard."
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