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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Burt, a salesman with Industrial Supply Company holds a large rubber ball balanced over his head while attending the employees' picnic at Hermosa Beach. He stands in profile and faces towards the left just left-of-center. A few other people on the beach are behind him. One person on his left moves towards the right, a person lounges on the ground and a man dressed all in white stands at right. The Strand and bathhouse[?] are visible in the distance at right. A sign atop a building in the background reads, "[...]HHOUSE." Text from negative sleeve: 580. Hermosa Beach, Calif. About 1932. E.M.Buckius President of the Industrial Supply Co., Third and San Pedro Sts., Los Angeles, Calif. gave a picnic for his employees at Hermosa Beach. We drove down in all sorts of cars. Buckius in bathing suit at right. Dont know who he is talking to. Salesman Burt. Grace Liggitt watching a couple at play. 3 negatives. [Clipping from Los Angeles Times affixed to sleeve:] Los Angeles Times. JAN. 19, 1945--Part II 13. BUCKIUS. Services for Edward Morris today, 3 p.m., at Armstrong Family. CALDARES. Frank, beloved husband of [...]
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