Partially blind, excels at job as x-ray technician
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Valley Times Photo Collection;
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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
Photograph caption dated October 5, 1957 reads, "X-ray technician punches in for work - Mrs. Juanita Friend, who has been steadily losing her sight since age of 7, punches time card at St. Joseph Hospital in Burbank. Card is conveniently placed in corner away from other cards so she can find it without trouble. Her vision is limited to distance of 12 inches in one eye." See image 00155183 for additional photo in this series.
St. Joseph Hospital (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) St. Joseph Hospital (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)--Employees Hospitals--Staff Hospitals Employees Radiologic technologists Blind persons Blindness Women Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Portrait photographs
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