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Title: Foster and Kleiser Company plant
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Date Created and/or Issued: 1967
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
In 1918, the Foster and Kleiser Los Angeles Branch opened at 230 S. San Pedro Street near Civic Center; in 1920, the plant moved to the location seen here.; The Foster and Kleiser plant structures, the Boulevard Theatre, and some other neighboring ones have since been demolished. In 2007, West Adams Preparatory High School opened on the site of the former plant.
Aerial photograph showing the Foster and Kleiser Company plant, located at 1550 W. Washington Blvd. (running diagonally from right to left); view is looking northwest from S. Westmoreland Avenue (lower right) towards the intersection of Washington Blvd. and Vermont Ave. (upper left), where the Boulevard Theatre is located (upper left). Photograph dated May 6, 1967.
Type: image
Format: 1 negative :safety ;13 x 18 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier: 00104565
Blackstock Negative Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
GPC_b48_f2_i31
CARL0005224933
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/117427
Subject: Foster and Kleiser Company
Boulevard Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Lyon Van and Storage
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Trucks--California--Los Angeles
Billboards--California--Los Angeles
Motion picture theaters--California--West Adams (Los Angeles)
Parking lots--California--West Adams (Los Angeles)
Streets--California--West Adams (Los Angeles)
Storage and moving trade--California--Los Angeles
Industrial facilities--California--Los Angeles
Commercial buildings--California--West Adams (Los Angeles)
Warehouses--California--West Adams (Los Angeles)
Electric lines--Poles and towers
Lost architecture--California--West Adams (Los Angeles)
Vermont Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Washington Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Westmoreland Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.)
West Adams (Los Angeles, Calif.)
West Adams (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Aerial views
Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs
Blackstock Collection photographs
Aerial photographs

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