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Title: Whirly bird reseeds Twin Lakes burn
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: 1957
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.
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Description: Photograph caption dated October 9, 1957 reads, "Sheriff's deputy Roland J. Barton begins dropping 32,000 pounds of rye seed in Twin Lakes area of Valley near Santa Susana Pass which was hit by 3,200-acre brush fire last July. It was one of season's worst and caused mass evacuation of area. Cost of operation is estimated at $1,650. It will take four more days to complete."
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 19 x 15 cm.
Identifier: 00154811
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d058_ f26_ i13
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/128305
Subject: Mountains--California, Southern
Helicopter pilots
Helicopters
Seed projects
Seeds
Men
Fires--Environmental aspects
Santa Susana Mountains (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Time Period: 1951-1960

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