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Title
His hobby is playing Santa
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1962
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph article dated November 13, 1962 partially reads, "To many blind boys and girls in Children's Hospital for the Blind in Los Angeles, Santa Claus is a North Hollywood man who makes and delivers a load of toys several times a year. Bill Barnum, a retired Bendix employe [sic] has been making wooden toys in his garage for more than five years to give to children at the hospital for the blind and Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, sponsored by the Shrine Club. 'I'm building my stock now, so I can go to the hospitals a week before Christmas,' explains Barnum, standing in a garage piles with little wooden chairs, benches and animals."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00127752
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d033_f16_i35
CARL0005454608
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/59613
Subject
Workshops--California--Los Angeles
Garages--California--Los Angeles
Toys--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Christmas--Miscellanea
North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Time Period
1961-1970

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