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Title
Fire truck used in toy delivery
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
1956
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.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated July 9, 1956 reads, "'Fire Chief' Earl Blue sits in driver's seat of his real fire engine used to deliver toys to Burbank boys and girls. Also aboard are Sigurd, 5, and Kandi Sorenson, 7, who are patiently waiting to make daily toy run. Youngsters like fire engine better than new toys, Blue says."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00145504
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d054_f23_i3
CARL0005862825
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/73155
Subject
Fire engines--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Fire chiefs--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Children--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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