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This photograph appears with the article "Public Health Nurses Commemorate Origin," Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 1947: pg. 9. Nurses Lona Peterson and Dorothea Hansen presenting Los Angeles City Council President Harold A. Henry a resolution in City Hall. This act is to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Los Angeles City Council employing the first municipal public health nurse in the nation. Text from newspaper caption: Mark Important Day--Long Peterson, left, and Dorothea Hansen present resolution to Harold A. Henry, Council president, commending City Council of another day for employing the first municipal public health nurse in the nation. City now has 82.
Commemorations--California--Los Angeles Nurses--American--California--Los Angeles City council members--California--Los Angeles Hansen, Dorothea Henry, Harold A., 1895-1966 Peterson, Lona Los Angeles (Calif.). City Council
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