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Title
Richfield Building, 555 South Flower Street, November 26, 1957
Creator
Richfield Oil Corporation
Richfield Oil Corporation Public Relations Department
Date Created and/or Issued
1957-11-26
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Send requests to address or e-mail given
USC Libraries Special Collections
specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the Richfield Building, 555 South Flower Street, November 26, 1957. Two streets intersect at center with small trees shading their sidewalks. Two men walk along the sidewalk at the corner where the Richfield Building stands. The building is massive with dark tiles coating its outer walks. Displays can be seen inthe lightly-colored windows at street level. Automobiles drive along the street in the foreground while more large buildings stand in the background to the left and right.
Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
20 x 25 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m960
USC-0-1-1-963 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-44094
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m960
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-44094.jpg
Subject
Atlantic Richfield Company
Richfield Corporation
Buildings
Petroleum industry and trade
Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--General #7
Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--General--Richfield Company
Time Period
1957-11-26
Place
-118.2565,34.05073
-118.25571,34.05017
-118.25649,34.04915
-118.25721,34.05026
555 South Flower Street
California
Downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Richfield Building
Richfield Oil Corporation
USA
Source
44094 [Accession number]
CHS-44094 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
isla id: S-4582; unidentified no: 7-213-2 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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