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Title: Piece of diamond jewelry, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: March 1936
1936-03
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.
Related photograph appears with the article, "Diamond Hub Moves Here," Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar 1936: A1.
Benvenuto Cellini has moved to a location above the downtown section of Los Angeles, where more precious gems are being cut than in any other American city.
A close-up of a cluster of diamonds hooked together by one clasp, each side shaped like a triangle.
Text from negative sleeve: 4482 - Curtis Elliott Diamond Cutting in L.A. Jeweler Designer 3/1/36 [stamped:] Mar 25 1936
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13681
ark:/21198/zz002hnxg3
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Diamonds--California--Los Angeles
Jewelry--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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