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Tom Breneman with All-time Oldest Breakfast in Hollywood Guest, 105 1/2 Year Old Miss. Sarah Van Dyke of Sacramento, California

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Title: Tom Breneman with All-time Oldest Breakfast in Hollywood Guest, 105 1/2 Year Old Miss. Sarah Van Dyke of Sacramento, California
Date Created and/or Issued: 1945
Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library
Collection: Sacramento Room Postcards
Rights Information: This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description: Pictured in this 1945 postcard are Sacramento's 105-year-old Sarah Van Dyke and radio personality Tom Breneman. The photograph was captured during Breneman's radio program "Breakfast In Hollywood," an unscripted variety program that thrived on audience participation. Van Dyke had been living in Sacramento for 40 years when she passed away in November 1945 at the age of 106, having the satisfaction of realizing one her greatest ambitions: Seeing the Allies defeat Fascist Germany and Japan.
Type: image
Identifier: BBSAC804
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll2/id/1672
Subject: Radio Broadcasting Companies
Portraits

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