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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated December 19, 1955 reads "Pretty little Diane Jean Jones, 4 1/2, of North Hollywood, offers presents to children hospitalized with infantile paralysis at General Hospital. She remembered how lonely she was last summer when she was confined with polio and bought Christmas tree and gifts so that, 'All the children will have a happy Christmas.'"
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Girls--California--Los Angeles Children with disabilities--California--Los Angeles Christmas trees--California--Los Angeles Christmas tree ornaments--California--Los Angeles Gifts--California--Los Angeles Poliomyelitis--California--Los Angeles North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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