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Title
Radiobar with the bar cabinet open at the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store, Los Angeles, 1935-1938
Contributor
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Date Created and/or Issued
[between 1935-1938]
1935/1938
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Connell (Will) Papers
Rights Information
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph of a wooden cabinet combining a radio and a bar, with the bar portion open. "Radiobar Philco" is above the 3 knobs.
The Radiobar company was formed by Earnest J. Krauss in 1931, 2 years before the end of Prohibition, in Los Angeles. By 1935 Radiobar was using Philco chassis.
Brock & Company Jewelers was the most important jewelry and giftware store in Los Angeles. Founded by George A. Brock in 1903, it was sold in 1964 and the business ended s few years later. It was located at 515 West Seventh St. and had a 2nd location at the Beverly-Wilshire Hotel.
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_893_0197
ark:/21198/zz002j94xn
Subject
Bars (Furniture)--California--Los Angeles
Cabinets (Case furniture)--California--Los Angeles
Gift shops--California--Los Angeles
Radios
Brock & Company (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source
Connell (Will) Papers

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