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Historic Los Angeles: Adams Boulevard, an Inventory of its Houses
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1071:. November 7, 1949. p. B12.
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443:"COL. GEORGE BUTLER GRIFFIN"
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1156:"Miss Griffin is Mechanic"
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1256:"Aeronautics Unit Elects"
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