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Title
Sphere
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1950
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated November 1, 1950 reads, "Elmer Horner shows perfect sphere made out of rutillated [sic] quartz to wife, Jane, at their store, 10139 1/2 Riverside Dr. Oval, carved out of originally rough piece of stone, is largest perfect sphere in the whole country. It's worth $5000 and would probably smash into a million pieces if Horner should drop it."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;12 x 11 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00137012
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d044_f7_i1
CARL0005652277
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/67168
Subject
Businesspeople--California--Los Angeles
Jewelers--California--Los Angeles
Couples--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Quartz--California--Los Angeles
Stores & shops--California--Toluca Lake (Los Angeles)
Jewelry stores--California--Toluca Lake (Los Angeles)
Toluca Lake (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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