It appears to have been made into the brickwork and painted over.
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Link to a photo of the block before JC Penney built this structure.
900 block Front St. across from El Garces. Hotel Calzona on site where J C Penney's was later built. In 1995, Penney building occupied by Needles Museum and Soroptimist Community Thrift Shop. Date unknown.
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