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Title
White Front opens eighth store
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
1963
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.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Photograph caption dated March 14, 1963 reads, "Executives of White Front and Hollywood personalities gathered for grand opening ceremony of White Front's eighth store, in Torrance. Assisting in cutting red ribbon were, left to right, Sam Nassi, general merchandise manager; actress Mala Powers; Sol Cantor, president of Interstate Department Stores, parent company of White Front; actress Gail Davis; White Front's television personality Johnny Weismueller; Harry Epstein, general manager; Sam Freed, Torrance manager, and John Stillman, IDS founder."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Identifier
00155271
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_ d059_ f14_ i27
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/128960
Subject
Powers, Mala,--1931-2007
Davis, Gail
White Front (Firm)
Interstate Department Stores (Firm)
Dedications
Stores & shops
Department stores
Department stores--Employees
Discount houses (Retail trade)
Motion picture actors and actresses
Television actors and actresses
Women
Men
Torrance (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1961-1970

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