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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated August 21, 1956 reads, "North Hollywood merchants prepare for their big Lucky Silver Dollar Days beginning Thursday, and extending through Saturday, by stocking up on silver dollars which they will use for change in their stores. An important feature of the three-day sales event is a free trip for two to Las Vegas. Park Newcomer, vice president of the North Hollywood branch of the Security-First National Bank, left, pours out the silver dollars as Bill Yeakel of Yeakel & Goss, Polly Johnson of Field's and Seymour Phillips of Phillips Bootery, chairman of the event, look on."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
North Hollywood Retail Merchants Committee Associations, institutions, etc.--California--Los Angeles Businesspeople--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Dollar, American (Coin) North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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