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Title: She'd walk a mile for a camera
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator: Mullen, Mike
Contributor: Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued: 1989
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 caption reads: "Something of a sight on Wilshire Boulevard, Mary Lou the camel had an outing yesterday to draw attention to a goodwill visit to Israel next month by 1,000 Californians. Among those departing will be Sens. Alan Cranston and Pete Wilson. The Nov. 29 visit is being organized by the Israeli Tourist Office and sponsored by the Simon Wiesenthal Center". "Mary Lou the camel is paraded across Wilshire Bl. with "Calif. loves Israel" banner on her back. Mary Maguire, of Hermosa Beach, doesn't seem to mind sharing cross walk with Mary Lou as she heads for work". Photograph dated: Oct. 4, 1989.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;28 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00084339
Herald Examiner Collection
HH_b024_f1_i5
CARL0002883832
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/25893
Subject: Pedestrian crosswalks--California--Los Angeles
Camels--California--Los Angeles
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Israel--Public relations
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Israel.Lishkah ha-memshaltit le-tayarut
Simon Wiesenthal Center

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