The 30th Annual IGA Food Store Convention

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Title

The 30th Annual IGA Food Store Convention

Subject

IGA Food Store Convention
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
July 19, 1956

Description

Model Joan Lockwood is photographed selecting items from a glass case at the 30th Annual IGA Food Store Convention held in our Grand Ballroom. She puts a large round "key" in a matching slot while she presses buttons to make her selection. The selected items are recorded on a tape inside the key while the amount due is tabulated at the same time.

Date

July 19, 1956

Relation

Photographs | Administrative Records

Format

image | jpeg

Extent

5x7

Medium

color photographs

Language

English

Type

StillImage

Coverage

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel -- 1931-present
Grand Ballroom

Temporal Coverage

1950 - 1959

Original Format

black-and-white photographs

Physical Dimensions

5x7

Collection

Citation

“The 30th Annual IGA Food Store Convention,” Host to the World, accessed March 29, 2024, https://waldorfnewyorkcity.com/archive/items/show/790.