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Title
Giant electric clock, Eastern Building
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Moss Photo
Date Created and/or Issued
1930
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
The Eastern Building, also called Columbia-Eastern Building, Eastern-Columbia Building or Eastern Outfitting Retail Store Building at 849 S. Broadway is home to Eastern Outfitting Company and Columbia Outfitting Company. Photograph shows detail of the giant electric clock, said to be the largest on the coast, in the tower. A man is shown as size comparison.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00032677
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 226-Clock of Eastern Building
CARL0000036450
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/11307
Subject
Eastern Columbia Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Young men--California--Los Angeles
Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles
Tower clocks--California--Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Broadway (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Time Period
1921-1930

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