Even before there were school gangs, L.A. schools were at war — with the Axis. Here Desmond's downtown clothing store at 616 S. Broadway shows off its war-effort display which, as part of a Treasury Department campaign, encouraged students at public and private schools to contribute to war-bond drives.
 
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