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Title: Nominated for bravery
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection;
Contributor: 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
Date Created and/or Issued: 1959
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
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Description: Photograph caption dated June 5, 1959 reads "Mary Aguilera has been selected by Governor Brown for state entry to receive 1958 U.S. Medal for Bravery. In February last year Mary couldn't swim but nevertheless saved a little boy from drowning in Pacoima Wash. She is now taking swimming lessons." Mary is from San Fernando.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Identifier: 00155793
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d060_f9_i32
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/128806
Subject: Teenage girls
Award winners
Lifesaving
Rescues
San Fernando (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Time Period: 1951-1960

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