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Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph caption dated February 4, 1961 reads, "Harlem's famous Globetrotters strutted their stuff in the Valley for the first time last night when they did their fancy basketball tricks at San Fernando High School. The game was a benefit for the Bethlehem Star Parade fund. Pictured, from left, are Frank Burks, Trotter forward and center; James G. Moran, parade official who made the game possible; C. Merle Duckett, parade association president, and Joe Burkhalter, Trotter forward."
Burks, Frank Burkhalter, Joe Harlem Globetrotters San Fernando High School (San Fernando, Calif.) Bethlehem Star Parade Association (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Presidents Basketball players African American Basketball players Basketball teams Basketball uniforms Basketball Civic leaders African American men Men San Fernando (Calif.)
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