This June 6, 1981 article (http://dbase1.lapl.org/webpics/calindex/documents/10/520393.pdf) titled "Since 1906, Boys Find Help at Optimist Home" gives the history of that institution which is still located on Figueroa Street in Highland Park. The article includes a number of pictures.
Check it out.
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