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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated May 23, 1963 partially reads, "A delayed Social Security check and a man's determination to speed up the bureaucratic processes of the U.S. Post Office and Social Security Administration resulted in what is apparently the longest hike in Southern California this year. Sherman Beem of Palmdale walked from Lancaster to Los Angeles, and then ended his long walk Wednesday at Valley Doctors Hospital in North Hollywood - an estimated 80 miles."
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United States.--Social Security Administration Valley Doctors Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.) Disability insurance claimants--California--Los Angeles Walking--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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