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Photograph caption dated October 10, 1957 reads, "Pencil, collector's dream - Bobby Campbell of 2588 N. Brighton St., Burbank, is surrounded by more than 2,500 pencils he has gathered in about two years. Foreign countries, states, cities and advertisers of every description, are represented in his collection. Bobby is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Campbell and is in the seventh grade of John Muir School, Burbank. He hopes to double his collection in the next two years."
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