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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated December 21, 1955 reads, "Janice Dienst, 7, deaf since birth, speaks words of the Christmas story as she reads the lips of her Sunday school teacher, Mrs. Esther Arnold, who started Sunday school for deaf children at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in North Hollywood. Mrs. Arnold instructs youngsters in Christianity while teaching them to lip read and speak. Other youngsters are members of class."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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