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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated November 13, 1961 reads "Kenneth Ketchum, who runs a sign store at 10626 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, demonstrates to two youngsters what putting mail in a really big mailbox is like. The 17-foot-high mailbox was built by Ketchum for the 1961 Christmas Seal campaign of the Tuberculosis Association and was moved over the weekend to Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles. The drive opens today. The big plywood mailbox also will be part of the Hollywood Christmas parade."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Men--California--Los Angeles Boys--California--Los Angeles Girls--California--Los Angeles Mailboxes--California--Los Angeles Ladders Signs and signboards--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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