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Photograph caption dated August 8, 1960 reads, "Clay Johnson, 26, 16048 Celtic Ave., Granada Hills, alumnus of McKinley Home for Boys, 13840 Riverside Dr., Sherman Oaks, peers through chain-link fence with student Mike Chacon, 9, at Ventura Freeway, a major cause forcing move of home out of Valley early next year. Freeway rolls to within three feet of home. More than 200 alumni paid final respects to 40-year-old home Saturday."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
McKinley Home for Boys McKinley Home for Boys--Alumni and alumnae Children--Institutional care--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Boys--California--Los Angeles Fences--California--Los Angeles Brush--California--Los Angeles Trees--California--Los Angeles Dwellings--California--Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles) Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Express highways--California, Southern United States Highway 101 Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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