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Title: Los Angeles River may become a freeway
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1947
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: The Los Angeles river hasn't had very much water, as you can see in the photo; it has been dry for many years. So, officials were thinking about converting the waterway into a high-speed freeway. They are seen on an inspection tour at the river.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00028520
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 170-L. A. River.; HE-001-969 4x5
CARL0000031821
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/10473
Subject: Rivers--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles River (Calif.)
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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