Mr. and Mrs. James L. Phipps with their adopted Korean War orphans
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Title supplied by cataloger. Photograph caption dated February 6, 1959 reads, "Family Grows -- Mr. and Mrs. James L. Phipps, 10333 Silverton Ave., Tujunga, pose with their two additions to family in three months. Couple adopted Debbie Susan, left, their first Korean War orphan, in November, and received Randy James, 22-month-old orphan this month. That's their limit, according to U.S. law on war-orphan adoptions. They hope for more."
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image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Families--California--Los Angeles Children and war Korean War, 1950-1953--Children Orphans--Korea Intercountry adoption Tujunga (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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