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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated July 4, 1961 reads, "Mayor Samuel W. Yorty, left, receives a $2,500 painting of Los Angeles City Hall as a gift from the Studio City Merchants Association, the Studio City Chamber of Commerce and the residents of the new mayor's home community. The inscription on the painting, by Stanley Pruss, reads 'To Mayor Samuel W. Yorty - from his neighbors in Studio City.' Present at the ceremonies in the mayor's office Monday were Bill Westley, president of the Studio City Merchants Association; Walt Emeson, executive vice president of the community's Chamber of Commerce, and Mrs. Betty Yorty, the mayor's wife."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Yorty, Sam,--1909-1998 Yorty, Elizabeth Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.) Studio City Merchants Association--Presidents Studio City Chamber of Commerce Paintings City halls--California--Los Angeles--Art City halls--California--Los Angeles Mayors--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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