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Title
Aerial view of Lee Tower, 5455 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, 1958
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961
Rights Information
Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
USC Libraries Special Collections
University of Southern California
specol@usc.edu
Description
Retouched photograph of an aerial view. "21-story tower for Miracle Mile -- How it will look at Wilshire and Cochran." -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated 2 March 1958. View is toward northwest covering five plus block radius. Other prominent buildings and signs: Carnation Milk Company, Three Feather's sign, Sunny Brook sign.
Streetscape. Oblique aerial photography.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
photographic prints
photographs
art
Identifier
examiner-m2579
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-478
http://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m2579
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-478.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--City--Buildings--L
Time Period
circa 1958-03-02
Place
-118.34707,34.06536
-118.3462,34.06416
-118.34698,34.06202
-118.34754,34.06415
5455 Wilshire Boulevard
Wilshire Boulevard & Cochran Avenue
California
Lee Tower
Los Angeles
Miracle Mile
USA
Source
3-1275-02805-3081 [Barcode]
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-478 [Original Filename]
Subjects 318 [Print Box]
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
Relation
Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
examiner-m4404

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