Cooing baby starts baptism roll in St. Elisabeth Church ceremony
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Valley Times Photo Collection
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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
Photograph caption dated December 9, 1949 reads, "Proud family - Relatives of three-week-old John William Smiley await the child's baptism near the Baptismal Fountain. His god-parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Stachowiak, front row, hold the baby while proud parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smiley, stand behind them. In the back row are, left to right, Richard Smiley, the baby's brother; Mrs. Mary Bauer, his grandmother, and Joseph Smiley Jr. another brother."; See image #00114472 for additional photo in this series.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
St. Elisabeth Catholic Church (Los Angeles, Calif.) St. Elisabeth Catholic Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Clergy Catholic churches--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Church buildings--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Families--California--Los Angeles Clergy--California--Los Angeles Infants--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Baptism Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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