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Photograph caption reads: "Stanley Den Adel, employe [sic] at Birmingham hospital and ex-patient there, recieves a citation of merit from Col. Thomas J. Cross, right, of the Veterans Administration, as Dr. Ernest V. Edwards, hospital manager, looks on. The paralyzed veteran was described during ceremonies yesterday as having surpassed efficiency records of able-bodied fellow workers". Photograph dated: June 6, 1947.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.) Awards--California--Los Angeles Award presentations--California--Los Angeles Disabled veterans--United States Paraplegia--California--Los Angeles Hospitals--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Physicians--California--Los Angeles Veterans' hospitals--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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