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Title: Acme Paint Store
Creator: Winstead Brothers
Date Created and/or Issued: 1925
Contributing Institution: Long Beach Public Library
Collection: Long Beach Photos
Rights Information: For information about copyright and ordering images from the LBPL Digital Archive, see https://www.longbeach.gov/library/research/long-beach-history-and-special-collections/.
Description: A front view of the brick Acme Quality Paint Store located at 755 Pine Avenue. The name, "B.A. Dooley; Prop." is printed just below the store"s name. Bunting draped above the store sign and over the entrance suggests a grand opening. Two display windows flank the central main entrance. Products and painted sample furniture pieces fill the windows. Small posters and advertising messages include: "Varnishes, Paints, Oils, Enamels: Acme Quality Motor Car Finish for That Shabby Car of Yours; and Your Car Deserves Acme Quality Motor Car Finish." DATE NOTES: Noted on image back. ORIG. IMAGE: 8" x 10", B&W glossy print. NEGATIVE: Yes. KEYWORDS: Signs, decor, decorating.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: LBPL_2942W.tiff
http://lbpl.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17164coll3/id/4677
Subject: Architecture. Signs and signboards. Businesses
Source: Winstead Co. donation
Relation: Business Firms - Paint

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