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Photograph caption dated March 14, 1962 reads "Thirty-five sixth-grade students at Emelita Street School, Encino honor 'Famous Women of the U.S.A.' in verse and song at a special patriotic program for all students and parents. A choric verse group from the class of Mrs. Benita Dawson joins, foreground from left, Dianne Fox, 11, accordion accompanist; Cheryl Reed, 11, Louisa May Alcott; Jean Clouse, 13, Clara Barton; Robert Ballensky, 11, recital of Elizabeth Madox Roberts' poetry; Georganne Gentzvein, Margaret Bourke White, and Linda Colonie, 11, Pocahontas."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Emelita Street Elementary School (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Students School children--California--Los Angeles Accordionists--California--Los Angeles Accordion--California--Los Angeles Costumes Encino (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits Valley Times Collection photographs
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