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Title
Seven knots
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Martin, Bob
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
1963
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 June 1, 1963 reads, "Sherilyn Cunningham, 16, and Cynthia Creasy, 17, students at San Fernando High School demonstrate, at left, the 'seven knots and seven girls' fad at their school. After Sherilyn ties knots on the fingers of seven girl friends, she approaches her boy friend, at right, and asks him to break the string so her wishes will come true."; See images #00121436 through #00121437 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00121436
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d025_f31_i11
CARL0005398251
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/54740
Subject
San Fernando High School (San Fernando, Calif.)
San Fernando High School (San Fernando, Calif.)--Students
Fads--California--San Fernando
High school students--California--San Fernando
Teenage girls--California--San Fernando
Shoelaces--California--San Fernando
Knots and splices--California--San Fernando
Schools--California--San Fernando
High schools--California--San Fernando
San Fernando (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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