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Photograph caption dated October 7, 1964 reads, "West Valley Citizens' Committee for Decent Literature has started a petition drive to have the Legislature change the law defining pornography. Here Rev. Robert Gates, pastor of the Woodland Hills Christian Church, signs a petition for Mrs. Anna Marie Pudwell, left, while Mrs. Joe Cardella of the Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority watches."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Pornography--California--San Fernando Valley Petitions--California--San Fernando Valley Women--California--San Fernando Valley Clergy--California--San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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