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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated August 6, 1962 reads "Van Nuys Postmistress Kay Bogendorfer puts foot to shovel along with developer Arthur H. Kaplan to break ground for the newest addition to the Van Nuys business community--a $2 million office building. The building is now in construction on an acre of land at 5400 Van Nuys Blvd., and is the 35th in a series of project under development by Kaplan and his partner in the K-B Development Co., Stanley Black, left. Architect Howard Lane, right, who designed the structure, looks on."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Borgendorfer, Kay,--1909-1991 United States Postal Service--Officials and employees K-B Development Company--Employees Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Postmasters--California--Los Angeles Architects--California--Los Angeles Real estate developers--California--Los Angeles Businessmen--California--Los Angeles Building sites--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Shovels--California--Los Angeles Trees--California--Los Angeles Signs and signboards--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits Valley Times Collection photographs
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