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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated December 27, 1954 reads "Mrs. Dixon Birdwell, Lankershim School PTA safety chairman, right, with the aid of principal Mrs. Albert McCarney, show 11-year-old Lankershim students Linda Russell and Charles Cushman how to apply 'night-glowing' safety tape to their jackets. In conjunction with President Dwight Eisenhower's safety day, the association distributed lengths of this tape to each Lankershim pupil stressing it should be worn as arm bands when out at night."
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Lankershim Elementary School (North Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.)--Faculty Lankershim Elementary School (North Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.).--PTA Lankershim Elementary School (North Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.)--Students Women--California--Los Angeles Girls--California--Los Angeles Boys--California--Los Angeles Elementary school principals--California--Los Angeles School children--California--Los Angeles Parents' and teachers' associations--California--Los Angeles Bicycles--California--Los Angeles--Safety measures Bicycles--California--Los Angeles North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits Valley Times Collection photographs
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