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Photograph was edited for publication purposes The name of the library was changed from North Hollywood Sidney Lanier Regional Branch to North Hollywood Amelia M. Earhart Regional Branch in 1980. Photograph caption dated March 3, 1954 reads "Like long distance? Persons who want to telephone friends in distant cities can help the long distance operators by having the exact number, and the Valley's libraries have the books to provide them. Virginia Rhoades, North Hollywood library clerk-typist, looks through a Chicago book to locate and address."; See images #00131235 through #00131242 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Rhoades, Virginia Los Angeles Public Library.--North Hollywood Branch Los Angeles Public Library--Officials and employees Women--California--Los Angeles Women library employees--California--Los Angeles Regional libraries--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) Branch libraries--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) Libraries--California--Los Angeles Telephone--Illinois--Chicago--Directories Telephone--Directories Books--California--Los Angeles Library shelving--California--Los Angeles Shelving for books--California--Los Angeles Signs and signboards--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) Interiors--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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