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Photograph caption dated June 18, 1964 reads, "Tom Tinsley, 17, rear, of Palmdale is presented an award of merit by Supervisor Warren M. Dorn for his April 23 rescue of Brian P. Avery, 9, left, Robert Woodman, 7, and Patricia A. Moore, 13. Tinsley pulled the three youths from an excavation where they had been buried alive while playing."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;25 x 16 cm. Photographic prints
Dorn, Warren M Rescues--California--Palmdale Children--California--Palmdale Young women--California--Palmdale Boys--California--Palmdale Awards--California--Palmdale Men--California--Palmdale County council members--California--Los Angeles County Palmdale (Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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