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Title
Bullock's Wilshire
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1929
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
John and Donald Parkinson designed the 1929 Bullock's Wilshire, located at 3050 Wilshire Boulevard, which was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #56 in 1968. The porte cochere, or motor court, is the main entrance to the store. The Southwestern Law School acquired the building in the mid-1990s.
The entire eastern side and partial front of Bullock's Wilshire.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00059191
Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Collection
C-5(434); A-008-444 4x5
CARL0000062964
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/104760
Subject
Bullock's Wilshire (Department store)
Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles
Department stores--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Sidewalks--California--Los Angeles
Wilshire Lanterns
Palms--California--Los Angeles
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Parkinson, Donald B.(Donald Berthold),1895-1945
Parkinson, John,1861-1935
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Wilshire Place (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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