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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated January 13, 1956 reads "Civic leaders gather to discuss tomorrow's brunch-kickoff meeting to raise $680,000 for Valley Teen Center to be built on city park property near Sepulveda Dam. From left are Roy Strickland, painters union business representative; Lewis J. Howard, carpenters' union; Raymond I. Gibson, plumbers' union; Thomas E. O'Mara, bricklayers' union; Mrs. Marvin Owen, president, San Fernando Valley Youth Foundation, and Ernest Webber, painters' union. Labor's contribution is estimated to be about $75,000. Brunch will be at 10 a.m. at Lakeside Golf Club."
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San Fernando Valley Youth Foundation--Presidents Men--California--San Fernando Valley Women--California--San Fernando Valley Labor union members--California--San Fernando Valley Civic leaders--California--San Fernando Valley Fund raisers (Persons)--California--San Fernando Valley Fund raising--California--San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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