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Title
The Prudential building, Los Angeles, Calif., 1949
Creator
Block, Fritz, 1889-1955
Wurdeman, Walter Charles, 1903-1949, architect
Becket, Welton David, Sr., 1902-1969, architect
Date Created and/or Issued
1949
Publication Information
Dr. Block Color Productions
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
Architectural Teaching Slide Collection
Rights Information
Dr. Block Color Productions, 1309 North Genesee Avenue, Hollywood, California
Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 740-8646
USC Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library
Watt Hall, 850 Bloom Walk, B-4, University Park Campus, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0294
afa@usc.edu
Description
Exterior photograph of the rear view seen from parking lot (angle shot), service tower and depatment store wing (Orbachs), The Prudential Insurance Company of America building, Prudential Square, 5757 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, 1949. Designed by Walter Wurdeman and Welton Becket.
Type
image
Format
1 slide: color
image/tiff
photographs
Identifier
fb-block-modarch02-465.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/slides-c42-951
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/fb-block-modarch02-465.jpg
Subject
Office buildings
Time Period
1949
Place
34.062700,-118.353406
5757 Wilshire Boulevard
California
Los Angeles
Prudential Insurance Company of America building
USA
Source
465 [Identifying number]
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
Relation
Architectural Teaching Slide Collection
Fritz Block: Modern architecture II (The new concept of space)

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