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Photograph caption dated December 31, 1956 reads "Mrs. Viola C. Abbott, 13326 Glenoaks Blvd., Sylmar, has retired from her post as chief nurse of Burbank Hospital obstetrics department. She has been nurse 40 years and assisted with nearly 10,000 births at Burbank Hospital where she was employed last 13 years."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Women--California--Los Angeles Nurses--California--Los Angeles Retirees--California--Los Angeles Sylmar (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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