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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated March 30, 1961 partially reads, "Friendly Fred is Fred J. Clark, whose Auction House, 10005 Commerce Ave., Tujunga, held $500,000 worth of mementos from the days of the Civil War and before. He bought them when a museum in Firth, Idaho, went out of business because of the rerouting of a road. More than 100 shirtsleeved folk crowded the auction room each of the two days recently to compete for antiques ranging from Confederate money to a complete dentist's office." Pictured is Fred J. Clark, 'Friendly Fred,' sitting among antiques to be auctioned off including a coach, rifle, a stuffed bird, and a desk.
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Auction houses--California--Los Angeles Antique auctions--California--Los Angeles Auctioneers--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Antiques--California--Los Angeles Desks--California--Los Angeles Carriages and carts--California--Los Angeles Rifles--California--Los Angeles Tujunga (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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