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Description
Photograph. "Another Landmark Gives Way to Progress -- Photo shows wrecking yesterday of first home of the Department of Water and Power, recently purchased by the City, to make a wide approach by way of Marchessault Street to the new Union Station. With work being rushed, thousands of persons will occupy the site of this landmark on May 3, when the celebration's parade passes on Alameda Street. The old building was the main office of the municipal water works when the City bought out the private water companies operation here until 1902." -- typed note attached to verso, dated 19 April 1939 Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w photographic prints photographs
-118.23561,34.05665 -118.23483,34.05566 -118.23637,34.05471 -118.2373,34.05611 800 North Alameda Street Marchessault Street California Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles USA Union Station Department of Water and Power (DWP)
Source
3-1275-02805-1150 [Barcode] EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-527 [Original Filename] Subjects 319 [Print Box] University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
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