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Title
Post Office Terminal Annex
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Creator
Harris, L. Mildred
Date Created and/or Issued
1956
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
Title supplied by cataloger.
The Post Office Terminal Annex was designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood in the California Mission style and was built in 1938; the supervising engineer was Neal A. Melick. This 400,000 square feet building served as the main mail distribution center for the Metropolitan Los Angeles area from 1938 until 1994. Approximately 1,700 Post Office employees handled over four million pieces of incoming and outgoing mail on a daily basis. The Post Office Terminal Annex was added to the National Register of Historic Places - Building #85000131, on January 11, 1985. Although no longer used as a post office, the building is used occasionally as a filming site.
Looking northeast across Alameda and Macy streets towards the Post Office Terminal Annex, from which a helicopter is seen taking off. Dated March 15, 1956.
Type
Image
Format
1 slide :color ;5 x 5 cm.
Photographic color slides
Identifier
00110040
L. Mildred Harris Slide Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
GPC_b94_f1_i96
CARL0005457578
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/123917
Subject
United States Post Office Terminal Annex (Los Angeles, Calif.)
United States Postal Service
Post office buildings--California--Los Angeles
Helicopters--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Sidewalks--California--Los Angeles
Street lighting--California--Los Angeles
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Trucks--California--Los Angeles
Architecture--California--Los Angeles--Spanish influences
Alameda Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Slides
Melick, Neal A
Underwood, Gilbert Stanley
Time Period
1951-1960

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