A Trip to the Managers' Convention, February 12th-16th 1924

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"A Trip to the Managers' Convention, February 12th-16th 1924"

Entry/Object ID

2013.794.1.1

Description

"A Trip to the Managers' Convention, February 12th-16th 1924," Western Auto Supply Co., Los Angeles. The item is a souvenir recap of the meeting for managers of the automotive parts business, founded by George Peppderdine, the benefactor of the namesake university in Malibu. Material includes a foreword; a welcome address by Pepperdine; greetings by his wife, who was vice-president and treasurer and the company secretary; statements about company operations, including advertising, customer service, store manager duties, and others; a summary of the convention; a farewell address; and many photographs of employees and the convention banquet, the latter having a pasted-down list of attendees. With stains, foxing, soiling and rubbing to the wrappers and pages with some soiling, staining and creasing, the condition is fair.

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Search Terms

Cattle--Marking--Los Angeles County (Calif.), Cattle brands--Los Angeles County (Calif.)

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Object Name

Pamphlets