Title supplied by cataloger. Aerial view of Downtown Los Angeles; view is looking northeast from over the Harbor Freeway (110). The Statler Hilton Hotel, located between 7th and Wilshire and built by Holabird, Root & Burgee of Chicago, is visible along left middle (white building next to the freeway). City Hall, built by John Parkinson and Albert C. Martin, Sr., can be seen in the distance. A tall building at the intersection of Olympic Boulevard and Figueroa Street shows an enormous round circle with the numbers "76" inside of it, an advertisement for Union 76. Photographed for Union Oil Company on October 25, 1955.
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image
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1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm. Photographic safety negatives
Statler Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.) Union 76 (Firm) Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.) Express highway interchanges--California--Los Angeles Central business districts--California--Los Angeles Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles Office buildings--California--Los Angeles Express highways--California, Southern Streets--California--Los Angeles Hotels--California--Los Angeles Interstate 110 Los Angeles (Calif.)--Aerial views Aerial photographs Martin, Albert C.,1879-1960 Parkinson, John,1861-1935
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