Christina Rice

head of the photo collection at LA Public Library central branch

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The LA Public Library acquired thousands of unpublished celebrity pictures by John Verzi. They were auctioned off to the library after the postal worker’s death in 2018.

Unpublished celeb photos by John Verzi: See them via LAPL

The LA Public Library acquired thousands of unpublished celebrity pictures by John Verzi. They were auctioned off to the library after the postal worker’s death in 2018.

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