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Title: National Shirt Shops window
Creator: Winstead (8697E3)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1937
Contributing Institution: Long Beach Public Library
Collection: Long Beach Photos
Rights Information: For information about copyright and ordering images from the LBPL Digital Archive, see https://www.longbeach.gov/library/research/long-beach-history-and-special-collections/.
Description: Shown here is a display window and corner entrance to the National Shirt Shops store at 41 Pine Avenue. Men's fashions are visible in the display window as well as signs offering shirts for $1.65, and shirts with ties for $1.95 each. Painted near the upper edge of the same display window are the words, "SHARKTONES, $1.65." With a shiny facade and sharp, stylized lettering, the store appearance suggests late art deco design. DATE NOTES: Noted on image back. ORIG. IMAGE: 8" x 10" B&W glossy print. NEGATIVE: Yes. KEYWORDS: Design, modern, moderne.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: LBPL_8697WE3.tiff
http://lbpl.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17164coll3/id/2979
Subject: Department Stores--California, Southern--History. Buildings. Architecture
Source: Winstead Co. donation
Relation: Business Firms - Department and Clothing Stores

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