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Photograph caption dated August 13, 1957 reads, "Lane Bryant opens - Under the guiding hand of charming Orlanda Munyon, Miss Panorama City, Actor Walter Brennan, Panorama City's honorary mayor, wields the giant scissors on the ribbon at the opening of Lane Bryant's new $250,000 store in Panorama City. Left to right, S. Malsin, Lane Bryant, general manager for Southern California; W. K. Skinner, secretary, Panorama City Shopping Center; Orlanda Munyon, Miss Panorama City; Councilman J. Corman, 7th District; Walter Brennan, honorary mayor; R. E. Driscoll, president, Panorama City Chamber of Commerce; Emanuel Winkleman, general manager of Lane Bryant, Inc., N. S. Ridgeway Jr., merchandising director, Panorama City Shopping Center; H. Hillyard, manager of the new store, and B. R. Campbell, president, Panorama City Merchants' Association."
Brennan, Walter,--1894-1974 Corman, James C.--(James Charles),--1920-2000 Panorama City Chamber of Commerce Panorama Mall (Panorama City, Los Angeles, Calif.) Panorama City Merchants Association Shopping malls Clothing stores Stores & shops Storefronts Beauty contestants Scissors and shears Dedications Ribbons City council members Businessmen Officials and employees, Honorary Women Men Actors--United States Panorama City (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits
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