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Description
Public relations event with actor John Carroll (left), theater-owner J. Paul Swickard (center), and actor Joan Blondell (right) at the Strand Theatre safety slab dedication in the late 1930s; the slabs were later installed on the sidewalk to promote safe street crossing.
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Place
Swickard's Strand Theatre 4232 Whittier Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90023 Los Angeles (Los Angeles county, California : inhabited place) Los Angeles (California, United States : county) California (United States, North and Central America : state) United States (North and Central America, World : nation) 34.02393153849775
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