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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated March 23, 1963 reads, "Campfire girls from the Ko-Pa-Wo-Conda group, Emmanual [sic] Lutheran Church, North Hollywood, have fashioned Biblical puppets to illustrate their own scripts which they record on tapes...Sara Jones, 11, studies her script while holding puppet depicting Jesus; Eva Maaso, 14, handles puppet of Joseph and a Roman soldier, and Becky Walker, 12, records dialog for presentation. Her puppets depict Biblical characters, Reuben and Levi. Curtis Pereau, 15 months, a Zapotec Indian from Oaxaca, Mexico, and adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pereau, advisers, is the group mascot."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Emmanuel Lutheran Church (North Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.) Camp Fire Girls Girls--California--San Fernando Valley--Societies and clubs Girls--California--San Fernando Valley Adopted children--California--San Fernando Valley Zapotec Indians--California--San Fernando Valley Toddlers--California--San Fernando Valley Puppets--California--San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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