Storefront of Larchmont Village Cleaners with epitaph sign reading "R.I.P...Cause of Death Polyester" posted over door in Los Angeles, Calif., 1972

Item Overview

Title: Storefront of Larchmont Village Cleaners with epitaph sign reading "R.I.P...Cause of Death Polyester" posted over door in Los Angeles, Calif., 1972
Photographer: Yaro, Boris
Date Created: April 18, 1972
Date: 1972-04-18
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Caption: WASHED OUT--Epitaph of a cleaning business hangs over door of the building on Beverly Blvd. "Cause of death" are fabrics that don't have to be sent to the cleaners.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 photograph
Dimensions: 35 mm.
Medium: b&w negative

Keywords

Genre: news photographs
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Cleaning and dyeing industry--California--Los Angeles County
Signs and signboards
Small business--California--Los Angeles County
Business
Polyester fibers industry--California--Los Angeles County
Business failures--California--Los Angeles County

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Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclalat_1429_b695_271121
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002nkb2
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