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Photograph caption dated September 22, 1959 reads "Activity is the word for the scene these days at 5261 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, where Thrifty Drugs Stores put the finishing touches to plans for their gala opening next Thursday. Expansive in area and thoroughly modernistic in decoration, the new Thrifty will be one of the largest drug stores in the Valley. Left to right: Manny Borun, Thrifty vice president; Thomas Johnson, manager of new store; lovely Joan Lora, film and TV Star; Fred Weddington, and B. S. Hand, president, N. H. Chamber of Commerce."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Lora, Joan Weddington, Fred Thrifty Drug Stores, Inc Thrifty Drug Stores, Inc.--Employees North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce--Presidents Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Drugstores--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) Signs and signboards--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) Stores & shops--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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