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Title supplied by cataloger. Photograph caption dated August 12, 1959 reads, "Checks lathe. Vince Pape, foreign car specialist, gun builder and shooter, checks work in lathe. Fellow mechanic and pistol collector Edward Coffey works action on converted Mauser rifle. Pape and Coffey work together on cars in Pape's Pit Stop garage. Pape is taking break from working on 1910 Rolls Royce engine in foreground. Part in lathe is rifle barrel."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Automobile repair shops--California--Los Angeles Automobiles Maintenance and repair Gunsmiths--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Ordnance Collectors and collecting--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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