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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated February 13, 1961 partially reads, "Business and industrial leaders met in Van Nuys Friday to consider how their firms and plants can boost the Red Cross March fund drive...Harry Prentice, Valley campaign chairman and manager of the Chevrolet plant, was host. The speakers cited their own personal experiences as estimontials [sic] to the worth of the Red Cross...Master Sergeant Warren K. McGinley began the tribute with an account of how Red Cross food packets kept him alive while he was a prisoner of war of the Nazis." Pictured listening to Red Cross testimonial from Sergeant Warren K. McGinley, are left to right, Martin Pollard, civic leader; Mrs. Joseph Penko; Ray Minner, chairman of the Valley Red Cross board of directors; Robert Woods, chairman of Los Angeles Red Cross; and Harry Prentice.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
American Red Cross Fund raising--California--Los Angeles Fund raisers (Persons)--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Flags--United States Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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