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Title: Emporium Department Store facade
Creator: The Winstead Brothers
Date Created and/or Issued: 1925-09
Contributing Institution: Long Beach Public Library
Collection: Long Beach Photos
Rights Information: For information about copyright and ordering images from the LBPL Digital Archive, see https://www.longbeach.gov/library/research/long-beach-history-and-special-collections/.
Description: Shown in this photograph is the front facade of the Emporium Department Store, where a crowd is waiting for the store to open for a sale. The display windows are decorated with the word "September". Under the Emporium neon sign are smaller words reading, "Ed Ahlswede & Son, Props." The upper level of the building has apartment style windows. DATE NOTES: Circa September, 1925. ORIG. IMAGE: 10.5" X 5.75", Black and white glossy print mounted on cardstock. NEGATIVE: No. KEYWORDS:Proprietors, fashion, dresses, hats, cars automobiles, cars, autos, bargains, awning.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: LBPL_11269.tiff
http://lbpl.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17164coll3/id/4455
Subject: Department Stores--California, Southern--History
Source: Donated by the Winstead Company..
Relation: Business Firms - Department and Clothing Stores

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