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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."
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
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