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Description
Photograph, 15 May 1956. "At height limit is the Superior Oil building at Sixth Street and Flower. Rapidly nearing completion, it will be a part of 'New Heart of Los Angeles.'" -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated 19 June 1956. Face of building showing in photo, covered in scaffolding. Construction sign on corner of building states, Claude Beelman & Associates, Architects and Engineers / William Simpson Construction Company. Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w photographic prints photographs
Buildings Height Limit New Heart Of Los Angeles, Claude Beelman and Associates William Simpson Construction Company Los Angeles--City--Buildings--S
Time Period
1956-05-15
Place
-118.25449,34.05243 -118.25347,34.05151 -118.25449,34.05103 -118.25512,34.05161 6th Street & Flower Street California Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles Superior Oil Building USA
Source
3-1275-02806-2629 [Barcode] EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-515 [Original Filename] Subjects 318 [Print Box] University of Southern California [Contributing entity] unidentified no: progress photo 15 [Identifying Number]
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