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Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph article dated April 3, 1962 partially reads, "Mrs. Elsie Alice Wilson enjoyed walking the two miles each Sunday from her Reseda apartment to the Northridge Sanitarium where she was a nurse's aide. Two days before her fiance had died of a heart attack. Take the day off, her boss said. No, she decided, work might help clear her mind. But Mrs. Wilson never arrived for her day's work." Photograph depicts Mrs. Wilson sitting with an unidentified woman on a sofa.
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