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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Lammot du Pont Copeland, Jr. is the great great-grandson of Eleuthere Irenee Du Pont. Du Pont was the founder of the gunpowder and chemical manufacturing company and head of one of the wealthiest families in the United States. In 1970, after acquiring several California newspapers, Lammot Copeland, Jr. filed the biggest personal bankruptcy action in U.S. history, forcing the shutdown of the Valley Times Newspaper. Photograph caption dated April 10, 1965 reads "The East Valley division of Southern California Gas Co. has presented a large colored relief wall map of the State of California to the Valley Times editorial office. Here, from left, S. L. Reynolds, manager of the East Vally Division, Lammot Copeland Jr., president of Great Western Publishing Co., publishers of the Valley Times, and C. C. Westmoreland, Northwest division manager, examine the map."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Copeland, Lammot du Pont,--1932- Southern California Gas Company--Officials and employees Great Mid-Western Publishing Company--Presidents Valley Times (Firm)--Presidents Men--California--Los Angeles Publishers and publishing--United States Pointing (Gesture)--California--Los Angeles Topographic maps Maps California--Maps North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits Valley Times Collection photographs
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