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Photograph caption dated May 12, 1956 reads, "Mrs. Ruth Simmons of North Hollywood, who'll celebrate Mother's Day as a natural mother, foster mother, stepmother, grandmother, great-grandmother, mother-in-law and war mother, beams proudly at pictures of two of her brood. They're Walter, left, her foster son, and Robert, one of her natural sons."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Mother's Day--California--Los Angeles Celebrations--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) Great-grandmothers--California--Los Angeles Grandmothers--California--Los Angeles Birthmothers--California--Los Angeles Foster mothers--California--Los Angeles Portrait photographs Stepmothers--California--Los Angeles Mothers--California--Los Angeles Mothers-in-law--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Sons--California--Los Angeles North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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