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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated March 17, 1961 partially reads, "Over $500,000 worth of lewd material was seized Wednesday night in a raid on a Burbank book bindery, police reported today. Officers said the take included more than one million magazines and books - most of them packaged for shipment and labeled "educational material."" Note: The woman pictured is Mrs. R. Chamberlain, lewd literature suspect.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Mail-order business--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Pornography--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Police--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Women--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Arrest--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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