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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated September 22, 1962 reads, "Los Angeles County Supervisor Ernest E. Debs, standing behind Michael Thomas, 11, 13014 Sunburst St., Pacoima, a May heart surgery patient, recently honored county employes [sic] who have donated from three to six gallons of blood since the county employes [sic] began participating in the Red Cross Blood Program in 1949. Michael had to be given 16 pints of the blood. His grandfather, Scott J. Thomas, right, is an employe [sic] of the Department of Parks and Recreation."
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Debs, Ernest E.,--1904-2002 American Red Cross American Red Cross.--Los Angeles Chapter County council members--California--Los Angeles County Heart--Surgery--Patients--California--Los Angeles Blood donors--California--Los Angeles Young men--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Pacoima (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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