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Photograph caption dated July 4, 1961 reads, "The McKinley Home for Boys disappears from its site of 40 years, along Ventura Freeway in Sherman Oaks. More than 80 boys from the home are now in new quarters in San Dimas, paid for by sale of the valuable Valley property to Bullock's for the newest Valley department store."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Bullock's (Department store) McKinley Home for Boys Children--Institutional care--California--Los Angeles Children--Institutional care--Relocation--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Construction workers--California--Los Angeles Building sites--California--Los Angeles Construction and demolition debris--California--Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles) Building construction--California--Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles) Lost architecture--California--Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles) Safety hats--California--Los Angeles Trees--California--Los Angeles Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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