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Photograph caption dated April 14, 1955 reads "Part of the overflow crowd of Valleyites attending third Annual Orchid Ball of the Valley Aid for Cancer group are shown just before festivities began at the Persian Room of the Beverly Hills Hotel. The organization was founded in 1949 to work in the fight against cancer. Plates at Ball dinner were $25 with proceeds going to the cancer fund. Left to right seated, Mrs. Danny Gould, Mrs. Eddie Epstein, Mrs. Maurice Raff, Mrs. Julius Helfend. Standing are Mrs. Louis Greenwald, Jess Sincere, Julius Helfend, group president Joe Stewart, Mrs. M. V. Sheets, Maurice Raff, Jerry Salk, and Mrs. Al Sniderman."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Beverly Hills Hotel Valley Aid for Cancer--Presidents Men--California--Beverly Hills Women--California--Beverly Hills Couples--California--Beverly Hills Associations, institutions, etc.--California--Beverly Hills Hotels--California--Beverly Hills Corsages--California--Beverly Hills Beverly Hills (Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits Valley Times Collection photographs
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