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Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Original photograph is torn. Photograph caption dated December 24, 1954 reads "With the grate all clean for Santa's arrival, the Fred B. Watson family gathers around the fireplace of their Greenleaf avenue home in Sherman Oaks for a story-telling hour this Christmas Eve. Robert, a 'worldy' 3 1/2-year-old at right, explains to little brother Johnny, 1 1/2, that old St. Nicholas will scoot right down that chimney with a sack full of presents. Mrs. Watson, the former Ada Marie Clarke, is an active member of many Valley organizations."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;25 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Boys--California--Los Angeles Families--California--Los Angeles Christmas decorations--California--Los Angeles Fireplaces--California--Los Angeles Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits Valley Times Collection photographs
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