St. Vincent's Orphanage, CA c1920

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Barbaraa Hargrove

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St. Vincent's Orphanage, CA c1920

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL'S SISTERS OF CHARITY CONVENT AND ORPHANAGE THAT WAS IN BOYLE HEIGHTS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, IT WAS TAKEN DOWN ABOUT 1956

I LIVED THERE FOR 4 YEARS, AFTER THE WAR, BECAUSE MY PARENTS WERE DIVORCED AND COULDN'T TAKE CARE OF MY SISTER AND I.
IT WAS A PLACE THEY SENT LITTLE GIRLS WHO WERE NOT WANTED BY THEIR PARENTS, THEY WERE CALLED ORPHAN'S OF THE LIVING.

Date & Place: circa 1920 at BOYLE HEIGHTS, LOS ANGELES, CA in los angeles, California USA

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