You are here

1959 - Public Works Yard Groundbreaking

Details
Title

1959 - Public Works Yard Groundbreaking

Year

1959

Description

Photo of Burbank city officials posing with a ceremonial shovel at the groundbreaking of a Public Works maintenance building and yard in May 1959. Second from the left is City Manager Harmon Bennett, third from the left is Burbank mayor Earle William Burke. The Burbank Public Works Department Yard opened at 124 S. Lake St. in May 1960, at a cost of $619,000, as a part of the city's 10 Year Capital Improvement Program.

Address

124 S. Lake Street, Burbank CA 91502

Subject
  • Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
  • City Officials
  • City Council Members
  • Mayors
  • Building and Construction
  • City Managers
  • Shovels
  • Automobiles
  • Groundbreaking
  • Public Works
  • Construction Sites
  • 1950s
Format

3½ x 5 b&w print

Rights

Burbank Public Library, Burbank in Focus Office

Identifier

cco01417

Physical copy held by

City Clerk's Office

MODS XML metadata • Dublin Core XML metadata