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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated March 19, 1957 reads, "Rita Sturm, employe of St. Joseph Hospital in Burbank eight years before she was stricken with illness, sits in new wheelchair donated by hospital employes, some of whom are Civil Air Patrol members. Standing, left to right, are Lt. Ruth Foster, Sister Mary Constance, Maj. Howard Fay, Rosalia McLaughlin, Capt. Ralph Almond and Lt. Florence Moonan. She was brought to Valley by CAP from Los Angeles to receive gift."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
St. Joseph Hospital (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) St. Joseph Hospital (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)--Employees United States.--Civil Air Patrol Hospitals--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Hospitals--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)--Employees Nuns--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Women--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Gifts--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Wheelchairs--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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