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Photograph caption dated August 7, 1964 reads, "Det. Sgt. H. W. Thornton signs a release for four pints of rare O-Negative type blood from the Valley Red Cross blood depot. Volunteer Edythe Solon, left, and Depot Supervisor, Joseph Holguin, wait for receipt. A Sheriff's Department helicopter picked up the blood, to be used for a man in the Loma Linda Men's Facility security ward."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
American Red Cross American Red Cross.--Los Angeles Chapter Los Angeles County (Calif.).--Sheriff's Department--Officials and employees Blood donors--California--Los Angeles Volunteers--California--Los Angeles Blood banks--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Helicopters--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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