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Title supplied by cataloger. The Villa Cabrini Academy became available upon its discontinuance in June 1970 as a Catholic grade and secondary school for girls, due to a "shortage of religious personnel." Founded in 1905 by the late Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini as a "preventorium" for children predisposed to tuberculosis, the mission became a resident academy in 1937. During the three decades that followed, expansion added 18 buildings, the latest one, a dormitory. Photograph caption dated December 25, 1959 reads, "Villa Cabrini Queen - Miss Judy "Mickie" Mikan, 17, senior student, is newly chosen Villa Cabrini queen in Burbank. Students elected winner."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Villa Cabrini Academy Beauty contestants--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) High school students--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Catholic schools--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Young women--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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