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Title
Groceries roll in as winner on TV sells Rolls Royce
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
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
1959
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 January 24, 1959 reads, "King for four days - Grocer Art Milland stands between his $15,000 Rolls Royce and his tiny milk truck he calls 'The Bug.' He won car and sold it four days later. 'When you drive a Rolls, you are like a king,' Milland said. 'The Bug' still is around."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 11 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00107993
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d007_f8_i2
CARL0005209916
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/45327
Subject
Grocers--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Rolls-Royce automobile
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Contests--California--Los Angeles
Electric lines--Poles and towers
Trees--California--Los Angeles
Barbershops--California--Los Angeles
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Portrait photographs

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