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San Fernando Valley State College later became California State University, Northridge. Photograph caption dated April 20, 1962 reads, "Jennifer Dickens Raine, the great-great-granddaughter of English author Charles Dickens, holds an original copy of one of the writers' works as she makes a visit to the Charles Dickens Exhibition at Valley State College in Northridge. Dr. Harry Stone, professor of English and coordinator of the exhibit, stands in the rear. The exhibit, which commemorates the 150th anniversary of Dickens' birth, is said to be the largest and most comprehensive ever assembled in Southern California. It runs Monday through May 5. Admission is free. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays, 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays at the college, 18111 Nordhoff St."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Stone, Harry,--1926- Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870--Family Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870--Birth--Anniversaries, etc San Fernando Valley State College San Fernando Valley State College--Faculty College art museums--California--Los Angeles College teachers--California--Los Angeles Exhibitions--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Authors, English--Birth--Anniversaries, etc College campuses--California--Los Angeles Interiors--California--Northridge (Los Angeles) Universities and colleges--California--Northridge (Los Angeles) Northridge (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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