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Title
Rock-a-thon
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Banks, Peter
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1965
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated April 17, 1965 reads, "Dennis Kepler, 17, a North Hollywood High School student, stretches and yawns midway in what is hoped to be a 76-hour stint in a rocking chair, to set a new world record. His pal, Tom Weiner, 17, a Hollywood High School student, rests his eyes while continuing the rock. The pair are at the 4th annual Teen-Age Fair in the Hollywood Palladium until tomorrow night."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00123853
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d027_f30_i20
CARL0005416859
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/55691
Subject
Teen-Age Fair
Hollywood Palladium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Fairs--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Teenage boys--California--Los Angeles
Rocking chairs--California--Los Angeles
Yawning--California--Los Angeles
Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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