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Title
Dial-A-Messenger Service
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Gregor, Gus
Date Created and/or Issued
1979
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 May 15, 1979 reads, "It's not the Pony Express, but with the long lines and the high cost of gasoline, Dial-A-Messenger Service thinks it has found a more efficient and economical mode of travel. The driver of the horse and buggy with a friend along for the ride, is headed for Wilshire and Grand avenues."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00094633
Herald Examiner Collection
HE_b095_f4_i2
CARL0005034895
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/29714
Subject
Horse-drawn vehicles--California--Los Angeles
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles
Horses--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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