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Title
Grandmas strike up weirdly varied band
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Brich, George
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
1961
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 December 28, 1961 reads "Foothill Funsters warm up their 'instruments' for performance. At left, Mrs. Marie McCabe, 10799 Sherman Grove Ave., Sunland, with her banjo (a cake pan with handle) and Mrs. Edna Leetham, 10711 Sherman Grove Ave., 'violinist,' enjoy their work. The Funsters meet every Friday at Sunland Park to practice for 'an hour or so.'"; See images #00130476 through #00130479 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;25 x 15 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00130476
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d035_f27_i8
CARL0005488666
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/61206
Subject
Women--California--Los Angeles
Improvisation (Music)
Musicians--California--Los Angeles
Musical instrument makers--California--Los Angeles
Women's hats--California--Los Angeles
Parks--California--Los Angeles
Sunland Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Sunland (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1961-1970

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