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Photograph caption reads: "Mrs. Viola E. Sullivan makes sale to Carl S. Milliken". Representatives of Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion sell red crepe paper poppies for national Poppy Day, a two-day commemoration; proceeds to benefit veterans and their families. Photograph dated: May 22, 1948.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States--Charities American Legion--Charities American Legion.--Auxiliary--Charities Women volunteers in social service--California--San Fernando Valley Paper flowers San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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