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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated October 5, 1961 reads "Luther Hooker, right, president of Canoga Park Chamber of Commerce, and Dr. Harold Fletcher, chairman of the board, share shovel for groundbreaking at West Hills Doctors Hospital, an eventual 280-bed facility under construction at Sherman Way and Royer street in Canoga Park. The first unit will contain 85 beds and be completed next July, with additional units constructed as needed. Watching groundbreaking are Mayor Samuel W. Yorty's field secretaries Ethel Bryand (sic) and Ron Ellensohn."
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Bryant, Ethel C Ellensohn, Ron West Hills Hospital (Canoga Park, Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles (Calif.).--Office of the Mayor--Officials and employees Canoga Park Chamber of Commerce--Presidents Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Women employees--California--Los Angeles Public relations personnel--California--Los Angeles Women public relations personnel--California--Los Angeles Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Canoga Park (Los Angeles) Building sites--California--Canoga Park (Los Angeles) Hospitals--California--Canoga Park (Los Angeles) Signs and signboards--California--Canoga Park (Los Angeles) Shovels--California--Los Angeles Canoga Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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