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Upper end of San Fernando Valley - "Girard" and "Owensmouth" in distance
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San Fernando Valley from Topanga summit
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Workers at Girard in the San Fernando Valley
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View of new community of Girard in the West San Fernando Valley. This location is now approximately where Topanga Canyon Blvd. and Ventura Blvd. meet, in Woodland Hills. View shows workers welding, installing gas lines, and doing other work. A sign in the background says "Girard cabin sites."
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Workers at Girard in the San Fernando Valley
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Entrance to Girard in the San Fernando Valley
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View of entrance to the new community of Girard in the West San Fernando Valley. This location is now approximately where Topanga Canyon Blvd. and Ventura Blvd. meet, in Woodland Hills. View shows workers for the Southern California Gas Company digging ditches. In the distance are the moorish-style buildings and new trees at the entrance to the development.
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Looking north over Girard, San Fernando Valley
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San Fernando Valley
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6 items: booklet, "San Fernando Valley - a calendar of events," 1951 ; booklet, "The growth and economic stature of the San Fernando Valley," Security First National Bank, 1960 ; two copies of "The story of the San Fernando Valley," Title Insurance & Trust, 1961 ; booklet, "Fabulous San Fernando Valley," Western Federal Savings, n.d. ; booklet, "Early Images of the San Fernando Valley," California State University, Northridge, 1988.
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