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Title
Break ground for Pacoima post office
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1958
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated April 15, 1959 reads, "Officials break ground for the new $135,000 Pacoima post office building at Van Nuys Blvd. and Kewen St. From left. front are Earl Erne, vice president, Pacoima Chamber of Commerce, and, postmistress Lillian M. Friedman; back Bill Welch, chamber of commerce; Isadore Polonsky, construction superintendent, and, Ronald Ordin, representing site owner."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00031573
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d044_f36_i27
CARL0000037022
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/41199
Subject
Pacoima Chamber of Commerce
Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Pacoima (Los Angeles)
Building sites--California--Pacoima (Los Angeles)
Shovels--California--Los Angeles
Postmasters--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Earthmoving machinery--California--Los Angeles
Pacoima (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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