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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated August 22, 1963 reads, "'Y'all come to our Hootenanny' read invitations to the annual summer party of the Hilltoppers of the Assistance League. Members and their husbands will become 'folk singers for a night' at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Van Nuys home of the Ferdinand Mendehalls. Mmes. Ralph Head, left; Le Roy Steele, Claude Coats, Hilltopper chairman, and Frederick T. Burrill have already found their costumes and instruments for the event. Mrs. George C. Vane, chairman, is also assisted by Mmes. Robert Devine, Robert Dwyer and Vierling Kersey Jr."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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