Donna Lee stuffs the first 1,000 petition letters to rebuild the Los Angeles Orphanage, 1923

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Title	Donna Lee stuffs the first 1,000 petition letters to rebuild the Los Angeles Orphanage, 1923
Description	Photograph. "Target of a final mail appeal by the little girls of the Los Angeles Orphanage who are seeking funds to rebuild their ancient home will be more than 100,000 city residents fortunate enought to have homes of their own. Here little Donna Lee, 4, chosen for the honor by her playmates at the historic institution, stuffs the first 1,000 letters into the slot at the Metropolitan Station to launch the special appeal yesterday." -- typed note attached to verso, release date 23 February 1951. "From: Los Angeles Orphanage * MA 63216, B.N. Cossart" -- typed at head of note. "Robert Perkins [?], Photography, 6363 Selma Ave., Hollywood, Calif." -- stamped on verso.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Subject	Daughters Of Charity
Subject (File Heading)	Los Angeles -- City -- Orphanages -- Los Angeles Orphanage
Geographic Subject (Roadway)	Whittier Boulevard & Boyle Avenue
Geographic Subject (City or Populated Place)	Downtown Los Angeles; Los Angeles
Geographic Subject (County)	Los Angeles
Geographic Subject (State)	California
Geographic Subject (Country)	USA
Geographic Subject (Manmade Feature)	Los Angeles Orphanage
Geographic Coordinates	-118.21804,34.03592; -118.2179,34.03575; -118.21804,34.03559; -118.2182,34.03575; -118.21804,34.03592
Coverage date	circa 1951-02-23
Photographer	Perkins, Robert
Publisher (of the Digital Version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1951-02-23
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Barcode	3-1275-02805-6068
Original Filename	EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-ORP-009
Print Box	Subjects 316
Legacy Record ID	examiner-m3176
Part of subcollection	Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 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-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-ORP-009
Archival file	examiner_Volume124/EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-ORP-009.tiff

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