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Photograph caption dated July 5, 1965 reads, "Fossil in cast - Preparing to open one of the larger plaster casts which holds a segment of a rare pliomastodon, Mrs. Mary Odano of Canoga Park uses a pair of large tongs. Her youthful helpers in this project are, from left, her son, Steven, 15; Michael Gray, 15, of Woodland Hills, and Fred Chasson, 14, of Los Angeles."; See image #00126592 for additional photo in this series.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles County Museum Fossils--Collection and preservation--California--Los Angeles Museum docents--California--Los Angeles Animals, Fossil--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Young men--California--Los Angeles Animals, Fossil--Classification Paleontology--California Exposition Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) University Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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