Making final preparations Saturday for the convention in New Orleans of the Painting and Decorating Contractors of America were (from left) John Geiser, New Orleans, convention chairman; John M. Cody, Nashua, New Hampshire, a PDCA vice-president, and William Gelfan, Los Angeles, California, PDCA president. The convention opens Monday at the Roosevelt Hotel.

Photo is dated 1955.

Photo measures 10 x 8.5 inches.