Hungry eyes watch Mrs. Sawlsville prepare Thanksgiving dinner for her family of 12 and five guests
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Brich, George
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated November 23, 1961 reads "From left, Eva, Mrs. Sawlsville, Sawlsville, Leslie, Dennis, Sandy, Terry, David, Cynthia, Leonard, Diana, Sharon." The family, in Sepulveda, grew when the Sawlsvilles adopted their seven grandchildren after the deaths of the children's parents. The Sawlsvilles also had three children of their own still living at home.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Girls--California--Los Angeles Boys--California--Los Angeles Grandparents as parents--California--Los Angeles Grandparent and child--California--Los Angeles Parent and child--California--Los Angeles Brothers and sisters--California--Los Angeles Grandchildren--California--Los Angeles Adopted children--California--Los Angeles Adoptive parents--California--Los Angeles Families--California--Los Angeles Adoption--California--Los Angeles Cooking--California--Los Angeles Kitchens--California--Los Angeles Stoves--California--Los Angeles Teapots--California--Los Angeles Thanksgiving Day--California--Los Angeles Thanksgiving cooking--California--Los Angeles Interiors--California--Sepulveda (Los Angeles) Dwellings--California--Sepulveda (Los Angeles) Sepulveda (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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