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Photograph caption dated July 3, 1958 reads "Eight-year-old David Castle who won city-wide Los Angeles chess championship for boys 14 and younger, ponders problem of his opposition's next move while playing with his favorite set of hand-carved marble and alabaster chessmen in his Burbank home. Youngster has been playing chess since his father, Milton, taught when he was 3."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Chess--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Chessmen--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Chess players--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Boys--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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