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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated May 1, 1965 reads "Dr. Courtney W. Shropshire, 88, center, of Thousand Oaks, the man who founded Civitan 47 years ago, died Wednesday, a few days after this picture was taken of him attending the most recent meeting of the Reseda Civitan Club. Charles G. Johnston, left, president of TELEFLORA, the international flowers-by-wire service, and Mel Erskine, the group's vice president elect, accompanied Dr. Shropshire to the meeting." Civitan is an association of community service clubs.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Shropshire, Courtney W.,--1877-1965--Death and burial Civitan International--Presidents Teleflora (Firm)--Presidents Reseda Civitan Club Men--California--Los Angeles Businessmen--California--Los Angeles Clubs--California--Los Angeles Associations, institutions, etc.--California--Los Angeles Signs and signboards--California--Reseda (Los Angeles) Reseda (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits Valley Times Collection photographs
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