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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated June 7, 1961 reads, "May Company marked its 38th anniversary by cutting up a two-ton birthday cake - but it was not baked. Instead, Samuel J. Sugerman, executive vice president of May Co., handed over the ingredients to Jesse W. Tapp, chairman of the board of Bank of America, a representative of the Community Chest. Between them, amid 600 pounds of butter, 112 gallons of milk, 120 dozen eggs, 1,000 pounds of flour, 1,300 pounds of sugar, 24 pounds of salt, five quarts of vanilla and 50 pounds of baking powder, are Olivia Solis, 4, and Samuel Floren, 5, Salvation Army Day Nursery. The nursery will be among recipients."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
May Company California May Company California--Employees May Company California--Anniversaries, etc Bank of America Challenge Dairy Products, Inc Community Chest (San Fernando Valley, Calif.) Associations, institutions, etc.--California--San Fernando Valley Milk containers--California--San Fernando Valley Cartons Butter--California--San Fernando Valley Eggs--California--San Fernando Valley Flour Sugar--California--San Fernando Valley Interiors--California--San Fernando Valley Baking powder--California--San Fernando Valley Aluminum cans--California--San Fernando Valley Containers--California--San Fernando Valley Bottles--California--San Fernando Valley Children--California--San Fernando Valley Girls--California--San Fernando Valley Boys--California--San Fernando Valley Men--California--San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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