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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated February 15, 1962 reads "Valley Presbyterian Hospital nurse Elaine Manton and Dr. Gerald Fitzgerald are shown examining a 'patient' at a hospital civil defense drill. 'Patients,' all hospital volunteers, were tagged with the type of injury they had received so medical personnel could channel them to the proper treatment areas in the emergency facility set up in the hospital's parking lot."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Valley Presbyterian Hospital (Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Presbyterian Hospital (Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Calif.)--Employees Physicians--California--Los Angeles Nurses--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Litters--California--Los Angeles Civil defense drills--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Hospitals--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Parking lots--California--Los Angeles Trees--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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