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A woman poses with boys and a dog before a house and two bicycles. [Handwritten note on verso] Boys Sunday School class Mrs. Alva Starbuck, teacher [Stamped on verso] C M Baldwin Photo / Whittier CA. Title from note. The collection consists of images and documents from its establishment in 1887 to the mid-20th century. Also included are images and documents of two missions of Whittier's First Friends Church: the Kotzebue Friends Church, in Kotzebue, Alaska; and the Friends Japanese Church in Norwalk, formerly located near the intersection of Orange Street and Rosecrans Avenue.
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