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Photographer: Federal Writers Project (courtesy of the Los Angeles Public Library)
Taken: July 13, 1939
Caption: Photo on Marker
Additional Description: "In 1928 Max Factor purchased the four-story Max Factor Building (formerly the Hollywood Fire & Safe Building) known as the "Jewel Box of the Cosmetic World", and began manufacturing his world-famous make up on the upper floors while transforming the ground floor into a grand salon where fashionable women and celebrities came to see and be seen, as well as to purchase his make-up.... Declared L.A. Historic Cultural Monument 593 on April 26, 1994, this building eventually became The Max Factor Museum of Beauty. Sadly, it closed its doors in 1996, but reopened in 2002 as The Hollywood History Museum." - LAPL
Submitted: August 31, 2019.
Database Locator Identification Number: p490568
File Size: 0.055 Megabytes

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