Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. At left, Leo Cardioty, Postal Telegraph messenger, stands facing camera, but peers down towards women's hosiery on display to the right. The messenger was sent on a shopping errand and carries a few boxed purchases beneath his arm. A nearly identical photograph appears with the caption, "’Messenger No. [??] Leo Candioty, do shopping orders Los Ang[eles...] order attached for ladies' hose, purse, shoes, etc.,’" Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 1938: F8 A similar photograph appears in the photospread, “’Call a Messenger!,’” Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 1938: F8
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14834 ark:/21198/zz002j8h2k
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Messengers--California--Los Angeles Hosiery Shopping--California--Los Angeles Postal Telegraph-Cable Company Cardioty, Leo
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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