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Originally known as the Hebrew Sheltering Home for the Aged, the Jewish Home for the Aging was founded in Boyle Heights in 1912. About four years later, the Home's first permanent facility was built on Boyle Avenue, where it existed for decades. In 1967, acreage in Reseda was purchased and a facility was built on Victory Boulevard. A merger in 1979 with the Menorah Village created a second campus on Tampa Avenue in Reseda. Photograph caption dated June 16, 1962 reads, "Graduates and officials of the California Home for the Aged in Reseda view a bust of executive director Ben Garon, left, made by one of the graduating class, Irene Riesenfeld, 81, second from left. Also looking on are Mrs. Leon Bellis, second from right, director of the school, and Frank Weisser, 79, another graduate. The class, oldest in the Valley with an average age of 80, was graduated Friday after completing such courses as history, jewelry-making, ceramics and English. All are residents of the home."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Jewish Home for the Aging of Los Angeles Group homes for older people--California--Los Angeles Older people--Housing--California--Los Angeles Retirement communities--California--Los Angeles Older people--California--Los Angeles Busts--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Reseda (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs Group portraits
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