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Photograph caption dated May 27, 1964 reads, "Thirty-nine children in the Sunair Home for Asthmatic children in Tujunga will benefit from the medical equipment and wardrobe closets, and enjoy the toys and models presented recently by the Encino Junior Chamber of Commerce. April Bragg, 8, and Fred Gallenberg of the chamber watch as nurse Alice Whitney tries out new vaporizer. The children in the self-supporting hospital suffer from intractable asthma."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Encino Junior Chamber of Commerce Sunair Home for Asthmatic Children Children--Institutional care--California--Los Angeles Asthmatics--Services for--California--Los Angeles Asthma in children--California--Los Angeles Asthma in children--Treatment--California--Los Angeles Asthma--Treatment--California--Los Angeles Asthmatics--California--Los Angeles Nurses--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Children--California--Los Angeles Gifts--California--Los Angeles Humidifiers--California--Los Angeles Tujunga (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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