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Photograph caption dated December 3, 1958 reads, "Workers are currently engaged in last-minute preparations on 33 Valley church floats that will glide down Van Nuys boulevard in annual Bethlehem Star Parade at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Tent is 400 feet in length and 100 feet wide, making it largest 'Big Top' ever erected in Valley. It is set up in parking lot of Van Nuys-Sherman Oaks Memorial Park at 14201 Huston St."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Tents--California--Los Angeles Parking lots--California--Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles) Palms--California--Los Angeles Trees--California--Los Angeles Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles Flags Telephone booths--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys Sherman Oaks War Memorial Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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