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Photograph caption dated December 21, 1959 reads, "Christmas For Neighbors - Stanley Russell, chauffeur for late Cecil B. De Mille and now free-lance chauffeur, decorates his lawn at 7736 Paso Robles Ave., Van Nuys, with mechanized display to delight neighborhood children. Passers-by believe display which Russell built himself to be operated by "electric eye.""
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Christmas decorations--California--Los Angeles Chauffeurs--California--Los Angeles Christmas Windmills--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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