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A111886-2
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- 1958-01-13 (Creation)
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Bright lights illuminate the vast 4,000 car parking lot at the Villa Plaza Shopping Center in January, 1958. It appears that it is bright enough for the four men standing beneath a light pole to easily read their clipboard. Neon signs add other areas of light as they beckon customers to Penney's, Weisfield's, Fashion Shoes & Woolworth's. The shopping center opened in 1957 on the former site of Visitation Villa, a Catholic girls school run by the Sisters of the Visitation. A large aluminum stepladder was borrowed from the Penney's store so that these night exposures could be taken from an elevated level. Photograph ordered by General Electric Co.
Parking lots--Lakewood; Lampposts--Lakewood; Villa Plaza Shopping Center (Lakewood); Shopping centers--Lakewood--1950-1960; Electric signs--Lakewood;