Groundbreaking for the Palms-Rancho Park Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library (formerly Palms Branch) in October 1963, in which the architectural rendering is being held to the left. Linda Wallace, age 3, scans a book while her elders break ground for the library on Overland Ave. between Pico and National Blvds. From left are Councilwoman Rosalind Wyman; Ralph Grogdon and Bill Rust of the Westwood Gardens Civic Assn.; Bill Highes of the Palms Chamber of Commerce; and Eloise Gillham, of the Rancho Park Chamber of Commerce.
Los Angeles Public Library.--Palms-Rancho Park Branch Branch libraries--California--Palms (Los Angeles) Library buildings--California--Palms (Los Angeles) Palms (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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