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Title
Valley polio mother exhibits typing skill
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
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
Date Created and/or Issued
1961
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated January 17, 1961 reads "Mrs. Wilkinson, right, with authoress Fuerst." The article partially reads "Mrs. Phyllis Wilkinson, 5833 Murietta Ave., Van Nuys, has been named 'Valley Polio Mother of the Year for the 1961 New March of Dimes.'" She is pictured with
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00129339
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d034_f25_i5
CARL0005463747
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/60491
Subject
Fuerst, Beatrice Wright,--1916-1989
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
Women--California--Los Angeles
Authors, American
People with disabilities--California--Los Angeles
Poliomyelitis--California--Los Angeles
Typewriting--California--Los Angeles
Typewriters--California--Los Angeles
Books--California--Los Angeles
Fireplaces--California--Los Angeles
Orthopedic braces--California--Los Angeles
Lamps--California--Los Angeles
Wall hangings--California--Los Angeles
Signs and signboards--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Interiors--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Portrait photographs--1951-1960
Dwellings--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1961-1970

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