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Photograph caption dated April 22, 1958 reads, "Sam Medall, owner of plumbing shop at 13123 Sherman Way, North Hollywood, surveys damage to his shop after April hot spell, with temperatures hitting 100 degrees, drove thieves to break plate glass window in front of his shop and steal two portable air conditioners valued at $35 each."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Plumbing industry--California--Los Angeles Air conditioning--Equipment and supplies Windows--California--Los Angeles Theft--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs
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