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Photograph caption dated December 26, 1964 reads "Getting the swing. After the initial stage of getting the patients to talk, by playing bingo with them, on the right (not pictured), Mrs. Grace Morgan, ward nurse for six years, and Lynda Schutz, 15, show a patient how to play. The group initiates dancing and singing. After one of the girls started playing the piano, it was a matter of minutes before most of the women were taking turns, too. In the picture, at left, a patient demonstrates her skill while another waits in the foreground for her turn." The teens from the San Fernando Valley B'nai B'rith Youth Organization volunteer to interact with patients several times a year.; See images #00144456 through #00144459 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
B'nai B'rith Youth Organization.--San Fernando Valley Chapter Camarillo State Hospital Teenage girls--California--Camarillo Women--California--Camarillo Volunteers--California--Camarillo People with mental disabilities--California--Camarillo Pianists--California--Camarillo Piano--California--Camarillo Mental illness--California--Camarillo State hospitals--California--Camarillo Camarillo (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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