Wormy summer job awaits schoolgirl, 12, of Studio City
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.
Photograph caption dated June 20, 1958 reads, "Silkworm project presents problem - Twelve-year-old Candy Lee Wells of Studio City checks part of collection of more than 200 silkworm cocoons which her sixth grade class developed for semester project and ponders problem of what to do with them now that summer vacation is just around corner. She became custodian for project because of Mulberry tree in her backyard."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Girls--California--Los Angeles Students--California--Los Angeles Student activities--California--Los Angeles Silkworms--Breeding--California--Los Angeles Silkworms--California--Los Angeles Cocoons Studio City (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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