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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated November 2, 1961 partially reads, "'It' is a huge boat that has been moored on a North Hollywood driveway for three years - all 36 feet of it, jutting its big bow almost into Radford avenue...co-owners of the boat, Elvin 'Al' Mayer, 38, 7612 Radford Ave., North Hollywood, and William Sobel, 43, 1010 N. Lincoln St., Burbank, have been performing a Herculean task during vacations, weekends, and on nights at Mayer's miniature shipyard. They've stripped the former captain's gig to its skeleton and then rebuilt it as a fishing boat, complete with galley, wheelhouse, and sleeping accommodations for six persons." Pictured are, Al Mayer, left, and Bill Sobel working on boat as Sobel's son, Ronny, 14, watches.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
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