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Title
Elaborate opening
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
1955
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 April 28, 1955 reads "The new Harris and Frank store in Van Nuys opened officially yesterday in a spectacle of glamour, orchids and crowds of Valleyites. Shown above at the festivities are, left to right, Manny, Lester and Harry Greenberg, Peggy King, Clair Weeks who is 'Miss Van Nuys,' Al Greenberg and Joel Greenberg. Jack Allen, manager of the new Van Nuys store, is not in picture." Lester Greenberg is president of Harris & Frank.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00136867
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d044_f11_i30
CARL0005643653
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/66769
Subject
Harris & Frank Clothiers (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Harris & Frank Clothiers (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Presidents
Harris & Frank Clothiers (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Employees
Men--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Beauty contestants--California--Los Angeles
Dedications--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Scissors and shears--California--Los Angeles
Ribbons--California--Los Angeles
Trees--California--Los Angeles
Department stores--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Stores & shops--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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