Cooing baby starts baptism roll in St. Elisabeth Church ceremony
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Valley Times Photo Collection
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph caption dated December 9, 1949 reads, "First baptism in new church - John William Smiley, three weeks old, receives baptism from Rev. Father Patrick Francis O'Dwyer in the new St. Elisabeth Catholic Church in Van Nuys. The baby, held by his godparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Stachowiak, was the first to be baptized in the church."; See image #00114471 for additional photo in this series.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
St. Elisabeth Catholic Church (Los Angeles, Calif.) St. Elisabeth Catholic Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Clergy Catholic churches--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Church buildings--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Families--California--Los Angeles Clergy--California--Los Angeles Infants--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Baptism Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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