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Photograph caption dated April 11, 1956 reads "Volunteers aid vet patients. Mary VosKamp of Encino, volunteer at Sepulveda Veterans Hospital, helps patient capture perspective of buildings on hospital grounds. More than 400 volunteers are bridging gap between hospital and community outside for mentally disturbed men and women patients at Valley institution. Volunteers are taking on tasks vastly different from sparse numbers who manned veterans administration hospitals between World Wars I and II." The hospital is located at 16111 Plummer Street in North Hills.; See images #00141137 through #00141142 for all photos in this series.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Sepulveda Veterans Administration Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.) Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Veterans--United States People with mental disabilities--California--Los Angeles Mentally ill--California--Los Angeles Hospital patients--California--Los Angeles Volunteers--California--Los Angeles Painting--California--Los Angeles Hospital buildings--California--Los Angeles Hospitals--California--Sepulveda (Los Angeles) North Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) Sepulveda (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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