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Photograph caption dated November 21, 1953 reads "Wintry blasts roaring across San Fernando Valley practically stripped tall palm trees along Sherman Way. Here fronds tossed by wind are piled in 15900 block to dismay of motorists. Forty mile an hour wind gusts dropped temperatures but damage was light."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Palms--California--San Fernando Valley Wind damage--California--San Fernando Valley Windstorms--California--San Fernando Valley Automobiles--California--San Fernando Valley Trees--California--San Fernando Valley Streets--California--San Fernando Valley Sherman Way (Los Angeles, Calif.) San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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