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Title
Mrs. Emma Fischer Story
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
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
1948
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 dated May 12, 1948 shows 87 year-old Mrs. Emma Fischer Story the widow of Thomas Story, Burbank's first mayor. She is one of Burbank's earliest residents and is being honored as the city's 'Queen Mother' in the Burbank on Parade Festival. Mrs. Story is shown sitting in a stagecoach waiting for the parade to begin.; See images #00122636 through #00122637 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00122637
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d026_f30_i26
CARL0005405629
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/54734
Subject
Burbank on Parade Festival
Women--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Older people--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Pioneers--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Widows--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Parades--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Stagecoaches--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Blankets--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Women's hats--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs

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