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Title: Collector fulfills ambition operating own gun shop
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1961
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph article dated August 30, 1961 partially reads, "George Ross - shooter, antique firearms collector, sportsman and movie stunt man - has realized an ambition after years of hard work. Ross, a Glendale resident, now owns and operates a gun shop in Van Nuys. His hobby is now an active part of his daily life. The Ross Rod and Gun Shop carries a full line of ammunition, rifles, pistols and reloading components." George Ross looks over antique firearms in Van Nuys store.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00126505
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d031_f31_i13
CARL0005434563
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/58098
Subject: Ross Rod and Gun Shop (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Firearms--California--Los Angeles
Stores & shops--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Collectors and collecting--California--Los Angeles
Stunt performers--United States
Men--California--Los Angeles
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period: 1961-1970

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