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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated April 13, 1963 partially reads, "Paul Gladson, North Hollywood, will welcome Easter at 5:30 a.m. Sunday by playing one of the most unusual organs in the Southland. The giant console is a theater-type pipe organ with four manuals placed in a small room almost completely underground, 50 feet in front of the building that houses the pipes. This old giant, built almost 40 years ago for $150,000, is located in Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park, 18255 S. Vermont Ave., Gardena...The organ was built in 1924 by the Wurlitzer Co. Gladson plays it for funerals at the park on request."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Musicians--California--Gardena Organists--California--Gardena Men--California--Gardena Organs Wurlitzer organ Sheet music--California--Gardena Parks--California--Gardena Roosevelt Memorial Park (Gardena, Calif.) Gardena (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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