"Commodore" Louis D. Beaumont, vice-president of the May Department Stores Company, Los Angeles, 1923

Item Overview

Title

"Commodore" Louis D. Beaumont, vice-president of the May Department Stores Company, Los Angeles, 1923

Date Created

November 20, 1923

Date

1923-11-20

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Louis D. Beaumont co-founded the May Company Department Stores. He was called "Commodore" because of his affinity for yachting. He started a general store in Colorado with his two brothers, later joining brother-in-law David May to form the May Shoe and Clothing Co., predecessor of the nationwide May Department Store chain. He retired from the May Co. in 1912 but remained a vice-president until his death. Beaumont's visit to Los Angeles was reported on in "David May To Be Here for Winter: Merchant Who Controls Hamburger's is One of World's Leaders," Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 1923: II6.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Beaumont, Louis D. Commodore. 1923
Handwritten on negative: Louis D. Beaumont

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w glass negative

Keywords

Genre

glass plate negatives
news photographs

Names

May Department Stores Company
Beaumont, Louis D., 1857-1942

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Merchants--California--Los Angeles
Business people--American--California--Los Angeles