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Pictured is Mrs. Montine Putney examining a swimming pool filled with debris and foul-smelling black water. Mrs. Putney, chairman of the Safety and Juvenile Protection Committee of the Fair Avenue Elementary School PTA began a campaign to eliminate the hazardous area just blocks away from the school located at 6501 Fair Avenue in North Hollywood. Photograph dated March 19, 1962.; See images #00131111 through #00131112 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Fair Avenue Elementary School (Los Angeles, Calif.) Fair Avenue Elementary School (Los Angeles, Calif.).--PTA Swimming pools--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) Debris--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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