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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated October 17, 1949 reads, "Mrs. Cornelia Morrell (left) and Mrs. Angie Fitzsimmons put the final touches on one of 900 Christmas stockings being prepared at American Red Cross headquarters in Burbank for holiday distribution to patients at Olive View Sanatorium. A dozen women work on the project."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Women--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Handicraft--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Christmas stockings--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Christmas presents Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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