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Photograph caption dated January 8, 1957 reads, " Mud slides toward Sherman Oaks home - Workmen labor to remove slide of estimated 90 cubic yards of mud from back of Sherman Oaks home of West Los Angeles service station operator Glen Knowles, 3483 Camino De La Cumbre. Slide threatened bedroom, knocked over patio wall."
Mudslides--California--San Fernando Valley Dwellings--California--San Fernando Valley Mud--California--San Fernando Valley Tractors--California--San Fernando Valley Debris--California--San Fernando Valley Men--California--San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits
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