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Photograph caption dated September 22, 1959 reads, "Auspicious ceremonies, attended by leaders in Valley and Soutland affairs, marked the opening of May Company Valley Auto Center, immediately adjacent to May Company Valley in Valley Plaza. The Center is at the southeast corner of the parking fields at the store. Beauty lent charm to the event with the presence of orchidaceous Anita Gordon honorary mayor of Valley Plaza. Left to right above, front, Anita Gordon and Norman Caldwell, May Co. Valley manager; rear, Julian Shapiro, manager of all May Co. auto centers; A. I. Dreiser, secretary-treasure of Vanderbilt Tire and Rubber Co.; Don Leitman, president of Vanderbilt; Milt Goldberg, operations manager, Vanderbilt; Allen Noyer, manager of new May Co. Valley Auto center, and Mark LaVine of Vanderbilt."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Gordon, Anita--(Singer) Caldwell, Norman May Company Valley Auto Center May Company Valley Auto Center--Employees May Company California--Employees Vanderbilt Tire and Rubber Co Vanderbilt Tire and Rubber Co.--Employees Vanderbilt Tire and Rubber Co.--Presidents Valley Plaza (Los Angeles, Calif.) Associations, institutions, etc.--California--Los Angeles Building dedications--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) Storefronts--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Businessmen--California--Los Angeles Television actors and actresses--United States Singers--United States Municipal officials and employees, Honorary--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) Ribbons--California--Los Angeles Scissors and shears--California--Los Angeles Corsages--California--Los Angeles Gloves--California--Los Angeles Tires--California--Los Angeles Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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