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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated April 12, 1960 reads, "As Mrs. Robert Tankersley, 32, watches, her 'new' twin daughters, Coleen [sic] and Kellie, play in Van Nuys home that is really theirs now. Mom's smiles come from fact that Superior Court approved adoption of 16-month-old girls. Mrs. Tankersley and husband, California highway patrolman, of 17525 Runnymede St., have had the twins since Christmas 1958."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Mothers and daughters--California--Los Angeles Adopted children--California--Los Angeles Adoption--California--Los Angeles Sisters--California--Los Angeles Twins--California--Los Angeles Girls--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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