Partially blind, excels at job as x-ray technician
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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
Photograph caption dated October 5, 1957 reads, "World of darkness brightened by job - Mrs. Juanita Friend, of 6944 Varna Ave., Van Nuys, stands by as X-ray films are checked by Dr. G. M. Campion, department of radiology director at Burbank's St. Joseph Hospital. She is partially blind and has only little vision remaining in one eye. 'As X-ray technician, Mrs. Friend is excellent,' Dr. Campion explains." See image 00155182 for additional photo in this series.
St. Joseph Hospital (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) St. Joseph Hospital (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)--Employees Hospitals--Staff Hospitals Employees Physicians Blind persons Blindness Radiologic technologists Radiologists Women Men Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits
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