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Photograph caption dated July 1, 1961 reads, "Superior Judge Mildred L. Lillie, left, administers oath of office to Mayor Samuel W. Yorty Friday on the Spring street steps of City Hall. Among those watching Yorty officially become the city's 42nd mayor were, from left, Mrs. Eleanor Chambers, Yorty's chief assistant; Yorty's wife, Bess, and his 14-year-old son, Bill."
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Yorty, Sam,--1909-1998 Yorty, Elizabeth Yorty, Sam,--1909-1998--Family Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.) City halls--California--Los Angeles Mayors--California--Los Angeles Audiences--California--Los Angeles Judges--California--Los Angeles Crowds--California--Los Angeles Oaths--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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