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Photograph caption dated January 28, 1958 reads "Walter Kenney Sr., 86, of Sylmar, received diamond 60-year membership pin from Charles Thomas, business manager of Local 40, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Kenney helped assemble first electrical car for Henry Ford in Detroit in 1880s."
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Men Older people Electricians Labor union members Award winners Awards Sylmar (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits
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