Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia 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. This photograph appears in the photospread, “’Call a Messenger!,’” Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 1938: F8 Text from newspaper 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]
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14835 ark:/21198/zz002j8h33
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Messengers--California--Los Angeles Shopping--California--Los Angeles Hosiery Postal Telegraph-Cable Company Cardioty, Leo
Source
OpenUCLA Collections Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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