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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated February 20, 1964 reads, "Guests at groundbreaking today for a new John F. Kennedy Memorial Armory in Valley included, from left, Assemblyman Lou Cusanovich (R-64th Dist.); Warren M. Dorn, chairman of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors; Mrs. Ethel Narvid, field deputy for Congressman James C. Corman (D-22nd Dist.); Maj. Gen. Roderic L. Hill, state adjutant general; Assemblyman Tom Bane (D-42nd Dist.) ; Maj. Shelton B. Biles, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Les King, vice president of Van Nuys Chamber of Commerce; Col. R. H. Dennison, air base commander of the armory; Councilman Tom Shepard; Joseph Staller, president of the Van Nuys chamber, and Maj. A. T. Oliver, executive officer of 4th Artillery Battalion."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Dorn, Warren M Cusanovich, Lou Bane, Tom J.,--1913-1999 Shepard, Thomas D Van Nuys Chamber of Commerce Van Nuys Chamber of Commerce--Presidents Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Armories--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Legislators--United States Governors--California Generals--United States Armed Forces--Officers Military uniforms Shovels--California--Los Angeles Wood poles--California--Los Angeles Group portraits--1961-1970 Portrait photographs--1961-1960 Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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