Photograph caption December 20, 1948 reads, "These five 'perfect angels' are among the Los Angeles orphans who will receive Christmas gifts this year from The Evening Herald and Express. The girls, children of the Los Angeles Orphanage, are pictured rehearsing their part in a Christmas pageant which is to precede the arrival of Santa Claus. The Evening Herald and Express is remembering more than 4000 orphans this year for the 24th consecutive time."
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner (Firm) Los Angeles Orphanage Orphans--California--Boyle Heights (Los Angeles) Orphanages--California--Boyle Heights (Los Angeles) Girls--California--Los Angeles Girls--Institutional care--California--Boyle Heights (Los Angeles) Christmas--California--Los Angeles Costumes Boyle Heights (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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