>Recall also that the same May Company Department Store was where the
>comedian Jack Benny was reputed to have met his wife, Mary Livingston. SR
That's the legend. Wikipedia says they met at her home when she was 14 at a passover seder, Benny was invited by Livingston's cousin Zeppo Marx, and began courting when she was selling lingerie at May Company.
Here's a photo of 1959 Dollar Day at May Company Los Angeles:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/army_arch/374751219/