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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated March 20, 1957 reads, "Looking like very breath of what today is first day of --Spring, Melanie Mapes, 8, of 15131 Weddington St., Van Nuys, admires peach blossoms in back yard of her home."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Peach trees--California--Los Angeles Fruit trees--California--Los Angeles Flowering trees--California--Los Angeles Flowers--California--Los Angeles Girls--California--Los Angeles Backyards--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Dwellings--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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