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Title
Hobby grows by inches
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1956
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated August 28, 1956 reads, "Mrs. Gretchen Oglesby of Sun Valley peers through portion of collection of tape measures she has been working on for 18 years. Ranging from mice to ladybugs and Indians, collection of 97 contains many antiques, measures from Germany, France and Japan. Although many have been given to her, she never pays more than $1 for a tape measure."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00145910
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d055_f2_i16
CARL0005886878
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/74138
Subject
Dwellings--California--Sun Valley (Los Angeles)
Collectors and collecting--California--Los Angeles
Collectibles--California--Los Angeles
Notions (Merchandise)--California--Los Angeles
Tape measures--California--Los Angeles
Hobbies--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Sun Valley (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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