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Building Christmas displays, May Co., Broadway and 8th, Los Angeles. 1929



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    Making toys for Christmas, May Co., Broadway and 8th, Los Angeles. 1929

    Visual Materials

    A view of a toy workshop at the May Co. department store at Broadway and 8th in Los Angeles. Three men in overalls are working in a room with two large windows and shelves lined with cans of paint and lacquer. One of the men is painting the roof of a doll house, another is working on a wooden horse, and the third is spray painting a small wicker chair.

    photCL Whitt 1281 ; Whitt neg. 0374

  • May Co., Broadway and 8th, Los Angeles. 1929

    May Co., Broadway and 8th, Los Angeles. 1929

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    An interior view of a department of the May Co. department store, located at Broadway and 8th in Los Angeles. It looks like a printing shop, with presses in front of the windows on the right and stacks of paper around the room. Three men and a woman work at the presses on the right and three women work at desks on the left.

    photCL Whitt 1276 ; Whitt neg. 0380

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    Los Angeles Creamery Co., 1001 North Mansfield, Hollywood, Los Angeles. 1925

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  • RKO Theatre, 801 South Hill, Los Angeles. 1931

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    Hope and 8th, Los Angeles. 1905

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