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Photograph caption dated February 2, 1960 reads, "Burbank Mayor Earle Wm. Burke, bottom left, prepares to hand Olympic Flame torch to John Burroughs High trackmen who will pass it hand to hand to light replica of Olympic Bowl at top. Making up human pyramid at City Hall are, from top, Sid Shoemaker, 16; Pete Volpe, 16, and from left at bottom, Pete Sterling, 17; Ron Binko, 19, and Dan Haggerty, 17."
John Burroughs High School (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)--Students Burbank City Hall (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) Track and field athletes High school athletes High school students Young men City halls Mayors Torches Men Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits
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