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Title
Ground broken for $2 million building
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
1962
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 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."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00129712
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d035_f4_i28
CARL0005485232
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/60928
Subject
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
Time Period
1961-1970

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