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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Caption dated April 8, 1965 reads, "Workers place sandbags in an unfilled telephone cable ditch on Laurel Canyon Boulevard near Lookout Mountain Avenue after drenching rains threatened to wash away portions of the street weakened by the excavation. Traffic was slowed in the area as the rain hampered visibility and slicked the pavement."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Floods--California--Los Angeles Storms--California, Southern Sandbags--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Rain and rainfall--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Laurel Canyon Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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