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Photograph caption dated November 27, 1951 reads "On the ballot." The article partially reads "Voters were waiting at the polls before they opened to cast ballots on the recall election against Mayor M. Frank Smith, Charles Schofield and Albert Padilla." Padilla, a San Fernando councilman, along with Smith and Schofield, were in a dispute with other council members regarding the discharge of the chief of police.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;18 x 13 cm. Photographic prints
Men--California--San Fernando City council members--California--San Fernando Municipal officials and employees--California--San Fernando Recall--California--San Fernando San Fernando (Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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