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Description
Photograph. Skyline addition -- With exterior construction work finished, the new headquarters building for the Signal Oil & Gas Company at Seventh Street and Beaudry Avenue makes an addition to the Los Angeles skyline. The $5 million, 16-story building, in which some lease space is still available, is racing toward an early summer completion date. Designed by Charles Luckman Associates, the building is being developed by C.L. Peck, Jr. and Robert S. Norman of the North Brand Company. C.L. Peck is the general contractor. Charles Luckman Associates is the successor to Pereira & Luckman." -- typed note attached to verso, dated 22 March 1960. Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w photographic prints photographs
Buildings Skyline Charles Luckman Associates Peck, C.L., Jr Norman, Robert S North Brand Company Pereira And Luckman Los Angeles--City--Buildings--S
Time Period
circa 1960-03-22
Place
-118.26205,34.05213 -118.25973,34.05083 -118.26186,34.04933 -118.26353,34.05092 California Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles Signal Oil and Gas Company USA Wilshire Blvd. & Beaudry Avenue
Source
3-1275-02806-2553 [Barcode] 3128; Subjects 318; EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-512; unidentified no: 3071-2 [Identifying Number] University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
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