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Title: She sings in jail
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: 1954
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 was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated March 5, 1954 reads, "Mrs. Laura Jean Gross and her husband go to jail twice a month to sing hymns for the prisoners. Her interestingly told story won the jackpot of prizes on 'Ladies Always Wins' seen Friday afternoons on KNXT at 2:30."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00139232
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d047_f13_i12
CARL0005702639
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/68750
Subject: KNXT (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Contests--California--San Fernando Valley
Singers--California--San Fernando Valley
Women--California--San Fernando Valley
Jails--California--San Fernando Valley
Hymns
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Time Period: 1951-1960

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