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Title
Wilshire Boulevard, looking west near Alvarado Street
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Date Created and/or Issued
1936
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
View is of Wilshire Boulevard, looking west near Alvarado Street. This photograph was taken prior to the Wilshire construction, and shows light traffic flowing along the street. Visible in the distance are the Asbury Apartments, designed by Norman W. Alpaugh & Clarence H. Russel in 1924; the Elks Building, designed by Curlett and Beelman and built between 1923-1924, it would later be called the Park Plaza Hotel; and the Arcady Hotel designed by Walker and Eisen in 1927. Photograph dated October 1, 1936.; One of two photographs documenting the site. For a later view, see image #00092837.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;13 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00092836
Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
GPC_b27_f2_i26.1
CARL0004997041
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/116185
Subject
Elks (Fraternal order).--Lodge No. 99 (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Arcady (Apartment house : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Asbury Apartments (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Parks--California--Los Angeles
Apartment hotels--California--Los Angeles
Gothic revival (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Apartment houses--California--Los Angeles
Hotels--California--Los Angeles
Alpaugh, Norman P
Russel, Clarence H
Westlake (Los Angeles, Calif.)
MacArthur Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Curlett & Beelman
Walker & Eisen

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