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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated November 4, 1961 reads "Northridge students, teacher proud of their mural - Miss Wally Newcomb, third grade teacher at Prairie Street Elementary School in Northridge, and the members of her school art club, are shown with the 3-foot by 12-foot mural they created during their own lunch hours, as workmen install the mural at front of the administrative building of the school, 18000 Prairie St. The colored crushed stone mosaic mural was made by the children with materials provided by the art department at Valley State College."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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