Theme Hosiery Building, angeled view of front exterior
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Whittington, Dick
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
Title supplied by cataloger. Theme Hosiery Company building located at 2911 San Fernando Road, Glassell Park originally was where ladies silk stockings were made during the 1920s-1940s. The Los Angeles Archdiocese bought the building in 1959 and turned it into Pater Noster High School, which ran from 1960-1991. In 1992 the building became the Ribet Academy, a college prep school. Photograph caption dated September 10, 1959 reads, "Theme Hosiery Building -- Acquired by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles for conversion to a boys' high school. Coldwell Banker & Company, representing Theme Hosiery Company, disclosed the sale represents transfer of physical assets in excess of $350,000."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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