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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated May 21, 1958 reads "Merchants in San Fernando will have a real nitemar-ish look during the exciting hours of the big Nitemare Sale which starts Saturday midnight and ends 3 a.m. Sunday. Here is typical retailer's costume for the event: left, (in nightshirt) Wade Goodwin, manager of Firestone Stores, chatting with, right, Postman Al Luck."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company--Employees United States Postal Service--Employees Men--California--San Fernando Letter carriers--California--San Fernando Lawn mowers--California--San Fernando Stores & shops--California--San Fernando Storefronts--California--San Fernando Signs and signboards--California--San Fernando Uniforms--California--San Fernando Gestures San Fernando (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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