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Title
Lion & Sons furniture store display window
Contributor
Gordon, John C. (photographer) (Creator)
Contributing Institution
San José State University, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
John C. Gordon Photographic Collection
Rights Information
Copyright is assigned to the San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Special Collections & Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Description
Display window at Lion & Sons furniture store. A couch, a chair, and a piano figure in the display. There are light fixtures in the ceiling and floor lamps. A sign on the floor reads "L. Lion & Sons Co."
"Founded in 1856 by Lazard Lion, the company moved to this new building at the corner of Second and San Fernando Streets in 1908. Though L. Lion went out of business in 1967, the structure still remains, with the first floor occupied by the Gordon Biersch Brew Pub." From: Bob Johnson. "San Jose," Arcadia Publishing. p. 20. (http://books.google.com/books?id=azqvDO8PnasC&lpg=PA20&dq=lion%20and%20sons%20san%20jose&pg=PA20#v=onepage&q=lion%20and%20sons%20san%20jose&f=false)
Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
8 x 10 in.
Identifier
islandora:78_1617
filename: jcg_business_interiors_lions_son_003
islandora: 78_1617
Subject
Urban life
Stores & shops
Furniture stores
Window displays
Furniture
Lamps
Light fixtures
Place
San Jose
California
Relation
John C. Gordon Photograph Collection

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