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Photograph caption dated August 26, 1955 reads, "Personnel director Mary Frances Curtis and store manager Norman F. Caldwell watch as workers hoist eight foot 'M' into place 92 feet high on Valley's new May Company store at Laurel Canyon and Oxnard boulevards. Merchandise is now arriving at location, largest suburban department store in West, and personnel is being hired."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Caldwell, Norman May Company California May Company California--Employees Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Department stores--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) Commercial buildings--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) Scaffolding Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles Pointing (Gesture)--California--Los Angeles North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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