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Title
Wins "Cashnik" contest
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
1958
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 caption dated January 24, 1958 reads "Sam Oschin, member of the board of Empire Savings & Loan Association, Pacoima, hands Elmer Smith his winner's check for $500 in the recent 'Cashnik' contest, while Manford H. Woods, manager, left, and Mrs. Smith, right, look on. Smith guessed the amount in 'Cashnik' to be $7,814.97, one penny high of the actual amount."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00136265
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d043_f20_i31
CARL0005629447
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/66175
Subject
Empire Savings and Loan Association--Employees
Men--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Couples--California--Los Angeles
Bank employees--California--Los Angeles
Award winners--California--Los Angeles
Awards--California--Los Angeles
Contests--California--Los Angeles
Checks--California--Los Angeles
Coins, American
Pacoima (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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