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Seventy-foot Christmas tree... Long Beach... handless Korean veteran atlLot where he will open Christmas sales; tree was decorated by members of Local 11, Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, American Federation of Labor, 1951

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Title	Seventy-foot Christmas tree... Long Beach... handless Korean veteran atlLot where he will open Christmas sales; tree was decorated by members of Local 11, Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, American Federation of Labor, 1951
Description	2 images. Seventy-Foot Christmas Tree ...Long Beach ...Handless Korean Veteran at Lot Where He Will Open Christmas Sales; Tree Was Decorated By Members of Local 11, Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, American Federation of Labor, 11 November 1951. Michael J. Ropczycki, Junior.; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Emery. Date: 11-10-51. Reporter: Emery to RW. Assignment: Handless vet's 70-foot Christmas tree. 32/33: Michael J. Ropczycki, Jr., Long Beach handless veteran of Korean war, stands left foreground pointing to 70-foot pine tree at 3837 Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach, where he will open his Christmas tree sales lot on Dec. 1. Under tree are some of 17 members of Unit 2, Local 11, Intl. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers AFL who pitched in 'for free' and put 250 lights on tree, 180 more around lot, setting out 3000 feet of wire-- 'to lend a hand to a swell guy'".
Geographic Subject (City or Populated Place)	Long Beach
Geographic Subject (County)	Los Angeles
Geographic Subject (State)	California
Geographic Subject (Country)	USA
Coverage date	1951-11-11
Publisher (of the Digital Version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1951-11-11
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : negatives, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographs
Language	English
Sleeve Number	9391-011
Legacy Record ID	examiner-m6667
Part of subcollection	Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
Part of collection	Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961
Rights	University of Southern California
Access Conditions	Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu; phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343
Repository Name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository Email	specol@usc.edu; specol@usc.edu
Filename	EXM-N-9391-011~1; EXM-N-9391-011~2

Title	Page 1
Archival file	examiner_Volume23/EXM-N-9391-011~1.tiff

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