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Women looking through a pile of rayon print dresses during the semiannual Dollar Day sale in downtown Los Angeles, February 17, 1940

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Women looking through a pile of rayon print dresses, priced at $1.69, during the semiannual Dollar Day sale in downtown Los Angeles. Stores hired extra salespersons and the city arranged for extra streetcars and policemen to accommodate the more than 200,000 bargain-hunters who came out for the sale
Date:
February 17, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Women looking through a pile of rayon print dresses during the semiannual Dollar Day sale in downtown Los Angeles, February 17, 1940

W.C. Mullendore and Walter Haas at the 49th annual banquet for the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce held at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, February 22, 1940

Description:
Executive vice president of the Southern California Edison Co., W.C. Mullendore, and president of Levi Strauss & Co., Walter Haas, at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce’s 49th annual banquet in the Ambassador Hotel’s fiesta room. Over 1,000 business, civic and social leaders attended the banquet which is held every year on George Washington’s birthday. The event celebrates the achievements of the Chamber of Commerce over the past year and lays out programs for the coming year.
Date:
February 22, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
W.C. Mullendore and Walter Haas at the 49th annual banquet for the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce held at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, February 22, 1940

Three women getting a deal on socks during the semiannual Dollar Day sale in downtown Los Angeles, February 17, 1940

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Three women looking through a 5 pairs for $1 deal on socks during the semiannual Dollar Day sale in downtown Los Angeles. Stores hired extra salespersons and the city arranged for extra streetcars and policemen to accommodate the more than 200,000 bargain-hunters who came out for the sale
Date:
February 17, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Three women getting a deal on socks during the semiannual Dollar Day sale in downtown Los Angeles, February 17, 1940

J.L. Van Norman, James L. Beebe and Dr. Thomas Nixon Carver at a banquet at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, February 22, 1940

Description:
New Chamber of Commerce President J.L. Van Norman (left) shakes hands with economist Dr. Thomas Nixon Carver and retiring Chamber President James L. Beebe stands center at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce’s 49th annual banquet in the Ambassador Hotel’s fiesta room. Over 1,000 business, civic and social leaders attended the banquet which is held every year on George Washington’s birthday. The event celebrates the achievements of the Chamber of Commerce over the past year and lays out programs for the coming year.
Date:
February 22, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
J.L. Van Norman, James L. Beebe and Dr. Thomas Nixon Carver at a banquet at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, February 22, 1940

Crowd of shoppers gathered around a table of rayon print dresses during the semiannual Dollar Day sale in downtown Los Angeles, February 17, 1940

Description:
View from above of shoppers around a table of rayon print dresses during the semiannual Dollar Day sale in downtown Los Angeles. Stores hired extra salespersons and the city arranged for extra streetcars and policemen to accommodate the more than 200,000 bargain-hunters who came out for the sale
Date:
February 17, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Crowd of shoppers gathered around a table of rayon print dresses during the semiannual Dollar Day sale in downtown Los Angeles, February 17, 1940

Brothers Benny and Tony Lucey Castellucci reunited after 32 years in Benny's Italian café, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Description:
Brothers and restaurateurs Benny and Anthony “Tony Lucey” Castellucci who were reunited after 32 years when Tony Lucey dropped in to Benny’s Italian café to check out his competition. The two men started talking and found out they were brothers who had been separated when they each left Italy to seek their fortunes in America in 1908 and 1913.
Date:
February 28, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Brothers Benny and Tony Lucey Castellucci reunited after 32 years in Benny's Italian café, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Brothers Benny and Tony Lucey Castellucci reunited after 32 years in Benny's Italian café, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Description:
Brothers and restaurateurs Benny and Anthony “Tony Lucey” Castellucci who were reunited after 32 years when Tony Lucey dropped in to Benny’s Italian café to check out his competition. The two men started talking and found out they were brothers who had been separated when they each left Italy to seek their fortunes in America in 1908 and 1913.
Date:
February 28, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Brothers Benny and Tony Lucey Castellucci reunited after 32 years in Benny's Italian café, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Birthday/retirement party for William L. Brashear thrown by his co-workers at the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, Los Angeles, circa 1940

Description:
William L. Brashear receiving a gift from M. A. Nugent at his birthday/retirement party from the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. I. A. Cain squats to the left holding a birthday cake and a large crowd of railroad employees is gathered around the lounge chair Brashear is seated in.
Date:
[1940]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Birthday/retirement party for William L. Brashear thrown by his co-workers at the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, Los Angeles, circa 1940

Birthday/retirement party for William L. Brashear thrown by his co-workers at the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, Los Angeles, circa 1940

Description:
William L. Brashear receiving a gift from M. A. Nugent (right) at his birthday/retirement party from the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. I. A. Cain stands to the left holding a birthday cake and a large crowd of railroad employees is gathered around the lounge chair Brashear is seated in.
Date:
[1940]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Birthday/retirement party for William L. Brashear thrown by his co-workers at the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, Los Angeles, circa 1940

Antoinette Jones at banquet of the California Federation of Democratic Women's Study Clubs, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Antoinette Jones, wife of lawyer Mattison Boyd Jones, standing at a podium at banquet of the California Federation of Democratic Women's Study Clubs, following the opening of the first airplane apprentice school at the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins, addressed the same evening banquet.
Date:
February 15, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Antoinette Jones at banquet of the California Federation of Democratic Women's Study Clubs, Los Angeles, 1940

Antoinette Jones at banquet of the California Federation of Democratic Women's Study Clubs, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Antoinette Jones, wife of lawyer Mattison Boyd Jones, standing at a podium at banquet of the California Federation of Democratic Women's Study Clubs, following the opening of the first airplane apprentice school at the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins, addressed the same evening banquet.
Date:
February 15, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Antoinette Jones at banquet of the California Federation of Democratic Women's Study Clubs, Los Angeles, 1940