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Photograph caption dated May 8, 1954 reads "Very Rev. Joseph E. McDonald blesses St. Joseph's Altar of food in time-honored Italian custom to raise food and funds for needy, which San Fernando Italian-Catholic Federation chapter's feminine members prepared." Reverend McDonald is pastor at St. Ferdinand Catholic Church at 1109 Coronel Street, in San Fernando, California.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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