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Photograph caption dated August 3, 1956 reads, "'Shower of Dollars' Friday is only one of the many features set for the five-day circus, 'Carnival of Values,' beginning Wednesday, Panorama City Merchants Association announces. Numbered ping pong balls redeemable at $1 to $5, totaling $700, will flood Panorama City. Busy planners for sensational sales event, shown above, are Nancy Aid (Miss Mt. Baldy), Linda Wright Jr. (Miss Dennis Park), and Jan Richards, (Miss So. S. F. Falley). Lone man in this galaxy of pulchritude is Buddy Rogers, of Merchants Association."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Panorama City Merchants Association Beauty contestants--California--Los Angeles Advertising--California--Los Angeles Retail trade--California--Los Angeles Merchants--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Panorama City (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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