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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Tom Coakley served as judge at the Mariposa County Superior Court from 1953-1969 and as Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeals from 1969 until his retirement in 1972. Prior to his legal career, he was a successful bandleader, playing with his orchestra in hotel ballrooms including the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood and the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Photograph caption dated August 30, 1962 reads, "Planning for A Sept. 10 'Valley Day for Judge Tom Coakley' are two of the Republican candidate's staunch Valley boosters, Mrs. Lionel Hayes Uhlmann, left, and Mrs. L. Dean Petty. The man joining with them is Coakley, the Mariposa judge who challenges Atty. Gen Stanley Mosk in the Nov. 6 general election."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Coakley, Tom Judges--California Political candidates--California Women--California--Los Angeles Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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