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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated April 26, 1960 reads, "Six-year-old Nancy Jefferson, first grader at Providencia School, Burbank, studiously practices printing her name in the first, rudimentary step toward reading, writing and learning. Nancy and hundreds of her schoolmates are welcoming visitors to their classrooms this week as schools throughout the Valley observe Public Schools Week."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Providencia Elementary School (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) Providencia Elementary School (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)--Students School children--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Girls--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Children--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)--Writing Penmanship Classrooms--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Schools--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Elementary schools--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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