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Photograph caption dated December 31, 1949 reads, "Her 200th post-war quilt is displayed by Mrs. Raymond Phillips and her husband. The 84-year-old Tujunga woman made a wartime resolution to bring happiness to hospitalized veterans and has spent 10,000 hours carrying out this goal by making quilts for patients in Birmingham and San Fernando Veterans hospitals."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Couples--California--Los Angeles Quilts--California--Los Angeles Quilts--Design Veterans--Services for--United States Gifts--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Dwellings--California--Tujunga (Los Angeles) Tujunga (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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