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Photograph caption dated August 26, 1964 reads, "Getting ready - Miss Clara Rooksby, seated, primps for her 100th birthday Thursday as companion Mattie Hayes looks on. Miss Rooksby, of Canoga Park, is believed to be the oldest living former teacher in the Los Angeles City School District."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Centenarians--California--Los Angeles Birthdays--California--Los Angeles Retirees--California--Los Angeles Teachers--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Dwellings--California--Canoga Park (Los Angeles) Canoga Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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