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Original photograph has several small stains. Photograph caption dated January 31, 1957 reads "Sandy Gerbovaz, 10, once stricken with polio, is shown with her mother, Mrs. Stanley Gerbovaz of 4300 Jeffries Ave., Burbank, and Mrs. Charles Johnson, right, a captain in Burbank's annual Mothers' March on Polio. More than 1,500 Burbank mothers will seek contributions to the March of Dimes anti-polio fund between 7 and 9 o'clock tonight. Last year $13,768 was collected."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation Women--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Girls--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Children with disabilities--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Mothers and daughters--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Fund raisers (Persons)--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Associations, institutions, etc.--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Poliomyelitis--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Crutches--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Signs and signboards--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits Valley Times Collection photographs
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