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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated August 30, 1961 partially reads, "A North Hollywood boy, just returned from a visit to his birthplace in West Germany, now finds it difficult to believe 'how much people here have.' Twelve-year-old Henry Gille, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Gille, 5761 Cleon Ave., returned to his home and family Sunday after spending 10 weeks with relatives in Schlewecke, a small resort area only three miles from the East-West German border. The young traveler flew unaccompanied across the North Pole in a jet, landed in London and took another plane to Frankfort."
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Young men--California--Los Angeles Travelers--California--Los Angeles Luggage--California--Los Angeles Travel--Handbooks, manuals, etc Dwellings--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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