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Title
Chefs in the Statler Hotel kitchen
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1955
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
The city's dining tables were being cleared and made ready for the big Thanksgiving Day feast. Photo shows a scene in the Statler Hotel (Wilshire Grand) kitchen where Head Chef Francis "Jumbo" Mendicina (center, rear) is supervising the cooking staff. Photograph dated November 23, 1955.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00041582
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 2194
CARL0000045957
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/13355
Subject
Mendicina, Francis
Statler Hilton Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Thanksgiving Day--California--Los Angeles
Thanksgiving cooking--California--Los Angeles
Cooks--California--Los Angeles
Cooking (Turkey)--California--Los Angeles
Hotels--California--Los Angeles
Kitchens--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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