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Photograph caption dated September 12, 1958 reads, "Palmer Nicholls and his wife, Phillippa, today turned in the first part of a 20-foot long ticket which will take them more than 20,000 miles around the world. The Toluca Lake couple will hit the off-beat tiny Australian desert frontier town of Alice Springs and the teaming metropolis of Karachi, India. Their home is at 10015 Toluca Lake Ave." Photograph caption reads, "20 feet and 20,000 miles - Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Nicholls of Toluca Lake unfold 20-foot ticket which will take them more than 20,000 miles."
Bendix Corporation--Employees Air travel Travel agents Travelers Husband and wife Pointing (Gesture) Globes Dwellings Women Men Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits
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