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Photograph caption dated April 3, 1961 reads, "Business executives and granada Hills Community leaders join in ground breaking for the new Granada Village shopping center at the corner of Chatsworth Street and Zelzah Avenue. From left are Frank Wilcox; Don Arries, president of the chamber of commerce; Waldron Eldridge, vice president of Thriftimart Markets; R. D. Womer, manager of the Bank of Encino, and Frank De John, district manager of Thrifty Drug Stores. Center will cost $5 million and will cover 20 acres."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Wilcox, Frank,--1907-1974 Granada Village Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) Granada Hills Chamber of Commerce--Presidents Thrifty Drug Stores, Inc.--Employees Shopping centers--California--Granada Hills (Los Angeles) Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Granada Hills (Los Angeles) Architectural drawings Billboards--California--Granada Hills (Los Angeles) Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Businessmen--California--Los Angeles Shovels--California--Los Angeles Children--California--Los Angeles Granada Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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