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Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Original print is damaged. Photograph caption dated November 4, 1963 reads "Mrs. Homer Toberman, left, social service commissioner, and Mrs. Edna Hoen, office director, open Valley branch of the Christmas Clearing Bureau. The free agency, a clearing house to help distribute gifts to needy families, is operated each year by the Los Angeles Department of Social Service."
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