City Hall tower provides panoramic view of metropolis
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph was edited for publication purposes The photo was taken from the 25th floor at Los Angeles City Hall. Looking east, dominating the photo is a large gasholder (gasometer) of the Los Angeles Gas Company. Platforms of the Los Angeles Union Station can be seen on the far left center. The Hollywood/Santa Ana Freeway, lower left, can be seen in the middle of the photo. Boyle Heights is in the background. The upper left corner of the photograph is superimposed on the rest of the picture. Part of this photograph was superimposed on item #00134967 for publication. Photograph dated September 6, 1962.; See images #00134964 through #00134967 for all photos in this series.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 17 cm. on board 25 x 17 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles Gas Company Union Passenger Terminal (Los Angeles, Calif.) Taix French Restaurant (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments International style (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles Urban landscape architecture--California--Los Angeles Gasholders Architecture, Modern Railroad stations--California--Los Angeles Restaurants--California--Los Angeles Industrial facilities--California--Los Angeles Buildings--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Express highways--California, Southern Parking lots--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles (Calif.)--Aerial views Boyle Heights (Los Angeles, Calif.) Santa Ana Freeway (Calif.) United States Highway 101 Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Aerial photographs Panoramic views Valley Times Collection photographs
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