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Title: Jones-Wood Women's Apparel
Creator: Winstead (7488)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1933
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: This image taken at night shows the front display windows of Jones-Wood Women's Apparel, at 248 Pine Avenue. The elaborate, curved, angular, and undulating design of the windows and main entrance recalls a movie theater facade. The entrance floor is made up of square tiles arranged as a repeating pattern of diamonds. A central glass display case at the entrance is in a space typically occupied by a theater ticket booth. Merchandise in the windows includes shoes, hats, dresses, and foundations. DATE NOTES: Noted on image back. ORIG. IMAGE: 8" x 10" B&W glossy print. NEGATIVE: Yes. KEYWORDS: Architecture, buildings.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: LBPL_1182.tiff
http://lbpl.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17164coll3/id/2881
Subject: Department Stores--California, Southern--History. Women
Source: Winstead Co. donation
Relation: Business Firms - Department and Clothing Stores

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