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Order Number	00106762
Title	Factor world headquarters today
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 1656
Date	1959
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Notes	Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Historical Data	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. In 1935 he opened the Max Factor Make Up Studio (adjacent to the main building) fondly nicknamed "The Pink Powder Puff" in the modern Art Deco style, which was designed by architect S. Charles Lee. The exterior of the Make Up Studio (seen here) includes rare marble imported from France, Greece and Italy; elegant street-to-roof fluted pilasters; six gracefully curved display windows containing bronze, copper and pewter finished aluminum castings; showcase window trimmings; bas-relief ornaments; art-deco rooftop ornaments, and magnificent ornamental lamps at the grand entryway. 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.
Description	Photograph caption dated April 22, 1959 reads, "At 1666 N. Highland Ave--Center of an industry that runs into hundreds of millions each year."
Subject	Max Factor Co. Max Factor Building (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.). Cosmetics industry--California--Los Angeles. Art deco (Architecture)--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles). Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments. Highland Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.). Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs. Lee, S. Charles.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection