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Title
Travelers Insurance Companies Building
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1960
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
Photo caption reads: "Nearly completed structural steel frame of Los Angeles' tallest office building, the 22-story, 300-foot high Travelers Insurance Companies Building on Wilshire Boulevard, saw topping out ceremonies performed August 31 as Bethlehem Steel Company crews hoisted the last beam into place. Welton Becket and Associates are architects and engineers for the dominant structure and George A. Fuller Company is general contractor. Coldwell, Banker & Company are leasing and managing agents for the building". Photo dated: Sep. 1, 1960.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00073068
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 4741.
CARL0000075654
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/27553
Subject
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Welton Becket and Associates

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