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Photograph caption dated April 13, 1962 reads, "Donna Funk, center, offers a few tips in lifesaving techniques to the 'victim,' Karen Bathels, and Sandy Rappaport, right, as the Los Angeles Recreation and Parks Department announces candidates for 1962 lifeguard positions at pools will attend a lifesaving course beginning Monday. The sessions will be held at the Swimming Stadium in Exposition Park at 8:30 a.m. and examinations for applicants who already have senior lifesaving certificates will be held at the Stadium at 8:30 a.m. next Thursday."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Department of Recreation and Parks Lifesaving--California--Los Angeles Lifeguards--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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