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Photograph caption dated February 14, 1958 reads "Dorothy Steelman, 65, of 675 W. Glenoaks Blvd., Glendale, is owner of telephone answering service which police say acted as nerve center for bookmaking operations. Here, she fills out card for vice squad officers at Burbank Police station instead of taking telephone calls." See images 00155951 through 00155956 for all photos in this series.
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