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Fashion models at J. W. Robinson Co. department store wearing dresses from different eras, Los Angeles, 1933

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Title: Fashion models at J. W. Robinson Co. department store wearing dresses from different eras, Los Angeles, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued: March 1, 1933
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: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
A group of women surround two models, one wearing an evening dress from the style of 1933, and the second wearing a dress from the style 50 years previous. The models' clothing is part of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of J.W. Robinson Co department store.
This photograph appears in the article, "Store Marks Anniversary; Throngs at Robinson's Levee Voice Appreciation of Entertainment for Eye and Ear," Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 1933: A1.
Text from newspaper caption: Audience compares modes of today with those of fifty years ago.
Text from negative sleeve: Valentine, W.L., J.W. Robinson Pres., 50th Anniversary, 1933
Handwritten on negative: W.L. Valentine
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4093
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Department stores--California--Los Angeles
Fashion models--California--Los Angeles
J. W. Robinson Co
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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