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May Co. employee with dollies during the department store's preparation for downtown Dollar Day, Los Angeles, 1940

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Title: May Co. employee with dollies during the department store's preparation for downtown Dollar Day, Los Angeles, 1940
Date Created and/or Issued: February 1940
1940-02
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Several dollies in The May Co. warehouse. An employee grabs one to use during the department store's preparation for downtown Dollar Day. Tom May, executive vice-president of the company predicted this Dollar Day would bring in record-breaking numbers of customers
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Firms May Co. Dollar Day 1940
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Dollar Day May Co
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz0027ztgc
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Dollies (Moving equipment)
Economy
Events
Employees--California--Los Angeles
Department stores--California--Los Angeles
Business
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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