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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated September 28, 1962 reads "Radio wave opens doors of Zodys in Canoga Park - Crowd surges at Zodys discount store at Topanga Canyon and Roscoe Blvds., in Canoga Park as doors swing open Thursday morning by means of a radio wave bounced off Mt. Wilson by a helicopter. Another Zodys in West Covina was opened simultaneously by the radio wave. The stores opened Thursday mark the fifth and sixth stores in the chain. A seventh Zodys will be opened in Burbank in December."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Children--California--Los Angeles Crowds--California--Los Angeles Department stores--California--Los Angeles Rites and ceremonies--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Roscoe Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Topanga Canyon Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Canoga Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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