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Title
First dirt turned for big market
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
1949
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 caption dated October 25, 1949 reads, "Pioneer memento - Morris Weistein receives a model covered wagon from Fritz Burns (right) typifying the pioneer spirit shown by the merchant in establishing huge new market in Panorama City."; See image #00133490 for additional photo in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00133491
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d039_f27_i8
CARL0005577730
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/63649
Subject
Burns, Fritz B.,--1899-1979
Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Panorama City (Los Angeles)
Supermarkets--California--Panorama City (Los Angeles)
Building sites--California--Panorama City (Los Angeles)
Philanthropists--United States
Tractors--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Handshaking--California--Los Angeles
Panorama City (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1941-1950

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