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Title
Divert flood waters
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection;
Contributor
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
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1958
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Photograph caption dated April 1, 1958 reads, "Workmen from Burbank Park Department throw up sandbag barracade [sic] to divert rushing flood waters from Burbank Municipal Golf Course into flood basin and away from residential areas below hillside site."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Identifier
00162615
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d065_f15_i7
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/132540
Subject
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.).--Department of Parks and Recreation
DeBell Golf Course (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Flood damage prevention
Flood control
Flood routing
Hills
Building sites
Golf courses
Automobiles
Men
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1951-1960

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