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Photograph caption dated January 7, 1959 reads "Three of these Sunland-Tujunga teenagers will be designated queens of communities' annual March of Dimes Parade Jan. 18 to point up expansion of dimes' role to include research into arthritis and children's crippling diseases as well as polio. From left are, seated, Gayleen Collins, 16; Joyce Phillips, 17, Janet Carnes, 16; Patricia Makin, 17; La Mae Edwards, 18; Nancy Wakefield, 17; and standing, Margie McGinnis, 19; Beverly Taber, 16; Barbara Finney, 17; Karen Mendyka, 16, and Janet Ireland, 16." The women are in front of the Sunland-Tujunga Municipal Building, 7747 Foothill Boulevard, in Tujunga.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation Sunland-Tujunga Municipal Building Young women--California--Los Angeles Beauty contestants--California--Los Angeles Beauty contests--California--Los Angeles Municipal buildings--California--Los Angeles Brick walls Tujunga (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits Valley Times Collection photographs
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