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Identifier	clloy_038
Title	McCormick Mortuary
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	circa 1960
Subject (Topic)	Funeral homes--California--Inglewood; Undertakers and undertaking--California--Inglewood;
Subject (Name)	McCormick Mortuary (Inglewood, Calif.);
Subject (Place)	Inglewood (Calif.);
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University Library.
Collection Identifier	http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt9489r2nz
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/dlp/copyright.htm
Language	eng
Description	A view looking Northwest towards the McCormick Mortuary from Prairie Ave. A sign above the building in the foreground reads: "The Colonial Chapel." A partially obscured sign on the building in the background reads: "Flowers for all occasions."
Historical Background	The McCormick Mortuary, located at 635 South Prairie Ave. in Inglewood, California near the Inglewood Park Cemetery, was built around 1943 by funeral director John Flanagan (b. 1916 in Ojai, California)" Flanagan built many other mortuaries in the Los Angeles area on the same building design. The mortuary first operated as Hardin & Flanagan Mortuary, until the McCormick family purchased the mortuary around 1959 and changed the name to McCormick Mortuary. The north part of the building (comprised mainly of the north lobby) was built sometime around 1960, adding to the original chapel and lobby.
Additional Printed Matter	On back: "The McCormick Family has been serving families of all faiths for nearly half a century, and now have chapels in Inglewood, Westchester, Hawthorne, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Gardena, Whittier, and Lake Tahoe to serve the entire Southwest. This view shows their Inglewood establishment, which is one of California's finest mortuaries."
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: 32593
Additional Notes	Color by Bill Brunk; Photography PL 3-4433
Contributors	Brunk, Bill
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
Source	Werner Von Boltenstern Postcard Collection