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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated July 1, 1959 reads "Nurses learn firefighting - Fay Rasmussen, left, and Lois Powell, nurses at West Valley Community Hospital in Encino, learn art of firefighting from Inspector Herbert Tourtillott of Los Angeles Fire Department. Hospital employes [sic] are taking six-week course in fire prevention."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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