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Title
Beginning of the Tower Empire at Land Park Drive
Date Created and/or Issued
1946
Contributing Institution
Sacramento Public Library
Collection
Sacramento Room Photographs
Rights Information
This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description
This March 31, 1946, photograph shows the Tower Theater at 2510 Land Park Drive. In the same building were Zamm's Homemade Candies at 2518 Land Park Drive and Tower Cut Rate Drugs. In 1950, the future founder of Tower Records, Russ Solomon, went to work in the Drug Store, owned by his father, Clayton. The marquee reads ""Now Playing Cornel Wilde The Bandit of Sherwood Forest in Technicolor.""
Type
Image
Identifier
805
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll1/id/1409
Subject
Street Scenes
Motion Picture Theaters
Confectioneries
Drugstores
Business Enterprises
Signage
Music Stores
Source
Sacramento Room Photograph Collection

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