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Title
Glamor at store opening
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Paulson, Larry
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
Circa 1961
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 caption dated May 9, 1960 reads, "That oft-repeated word 'glamor' took on new meanings this week, as visitors continued to throng the newly opened showrooms of Dy-Rect Furniture Mfg. Co. at 3501 W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank. This store is one of four simultaneously opened in Los Angeles area. Others are at 311 W. Manchester Ave. and 916 S. Atlantic Blvd. Above photo shows Max Welcher, Burbank store manager, unveiling some of the luxurious merchandise, in the presense [sic] of comely Jeannie Dawson."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00107961
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d002_f5_i27
CARL0005208895
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/45295
Subject
Furniture showrooms--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Showrooms--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Furniture--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Women--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Group portraits
Portrait photographs

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