The No Fee Fish and Game Stamps of California
Acknowledgments
The author gratefully acknowledges the following persons, without whose help and support this article would not have been possible: Madeleine Darcy, Senior Librarian at the California Resources Agency Library; Esther Houston, Senior Librarian at the California State Library, Law Section; Pat Montalvo, California Resources Agency Library; Bill Oliver; David Snyder, Archivist II at the California State Archives; and E. L. Vanderford.
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