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Original print has visible smudges. Photograph caption dated December 11, 1959 reads, "Sunland-Tujunga now has two Miss Christmas Trees. Named winners of area Jaycees and Y's Men's Club-sponsored search were Dorothy Barnes, 16, second from left, of Tujunga, and Carol Ann Payne, 16, of Sunland. Holding contest symbol at left is Gordon Henderson of Y's Men's Club while, at right, Jaycees contest chairman Jack Saccomondo holds trophies girls were presented. Both girls will make appearances at Y's Men's-Jaycees Christmas tree lot, located at 8450 Foothill Blvd., Sunland."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Associations, institutions, etc.--California--Los Angeles Beauty contestants--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Clubs--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Christmas--Miscellanea Sunland (Los Angeles, Calif.) Tujunga (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs Group portraits
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