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Photograph article dated January 30, 1961 partially reads, "No business, no work... just fun and good fellowship characterized the luncheon sustaining members of Mary Duque Guild for Childrens Hospital hostessed this week in honor of the group's new provisional class. Although the skies were falling outside, the den of Mrs. Robert Herten's Toluca Lake home... setting for the party... took on a spring-time aura with large arrangements of magnificent camellias centering tables." Photograph caption reads "By candlelight - Mrs. Robert Herte, who hostessed Mary Duque Guild gathering at her Toluca Lake home, lights candles just prior to luncheon honoring guild's new provisional members."; See images #00131686 through #00131688 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles Children's Hospital of Los Angeles.--Mary Duque Guild Associations, institutions, etc.--California--Los Angeles Candles Luncheons--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Dwellings--California--Toluca Lake (Los Angeles) Interiors--California--Toluca Lake (Los Angeles) Toluca Lake (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs
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