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"Commodore" Louis D. Beaumont, vice-president of the May Department Stores Company, Los Angeles, 1923

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Title: "Commodore" Louis D. Beaumont, vice-president of the May Department Stores Company, Los Angeles, 1923
Date Created and/or Issued: November 20, 1923
1923-11-20
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Louis D. Beaumont co-founded the May Company Department Stores. He was called "Commodore" because of his affinity for yachting. He started a general store in Colorado with his two brothers, later joining brother-in-law David May to form the May Shoe and Clothing Co., predecessor of the nationwide May Department Store chain. He retired from the May Co. in 1912 but remained a vice-president until his death. Beaumont's visit to Los Angeles was reported on in "David May To Be Here for Winter: Merchant Who Controls Hamburger's is One of World's Leaders," Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 1923: II6.
Text from negative sleeve: Beaumont, Louis D. Commodore. 1923
Handwritten on negative: Louis D. Beaumont
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3693_G347
ark:/21198/z14803qj
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Merchants--California--Los Angeles
Business people--American--California--Los Angeles
May Department Stores Company
Beaumont, Louis D., 1857-1942
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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