Whirlwind courtship - Couple at Home for Aged to wed
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.
Originally known as the Hebrew Sheltering Home for the Aged, the Jewish Home for the Aging was founded in Boyle Heights in 1912. About four years later, the Home's first permanent facility was built on Boyle Avenue, where it existed for decades. In 1967, acreage in Reseda was purchased and a facility was built on Victory Boulevard. A merger in 1979 with the Menorah Village created a second campus on Tampa Avenue in Reseda. Photograph article dated September 15, 1962 partially reads, "Life can be beautiful - even after 73 winters. Two senior citizens at the California Home for the Aegd [sic], 19200 Sherman Way, Reseda, can attest to it. With the beatific and slightly apprehensive expression of all those about to embark on the sea of matrimony, Fannie Hutoron and Leon Bluestein explain how it happened. 'We took a walk and stopped under a tree - he wanted to ask me, but he didn't have a chance,' says the bride shyly. 'We just fell into each other's arms,' adds the bridegroom. The wedding announcement came after a five-month whirlwind courtship at the Home of the Aged, where both have been staying. At a special reception for the press, half a dozen of the bride's friends enjoyed coffee while flashbulbs blinked and movie cameras whirred." Photograph caption reads, "Bride-to-be straightens fiance's tie - 72-year-old to wed Sunday."
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image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Jewish Home for the Aging of Los Angeles Group homes for older people--California--Los Angeles Older people--Housing--California--Los Angeles Retirement communities--California--Los Angeles Husband and wife--California--Los Angeles Older people--California--Los Angeles Marriage--California--Los Angeles Couples--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Reseda (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs Group portraits
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