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Title: Exterior view of Bullock's Wilshire
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator: Simmonds, Douglas M
Date Created and/or Issued: 1954
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: Exterior view of Bullock's Wilshire store, hailed as "a cathedral of commerce" a quarter of a century ago. It was the first large store in the nation planned for the convenience of auto patrons. Beauty and utility are blended in the art deco design of the building. Date built: 1928. Architects: Parkinson & Parkinson. Photograph dated: September 28, 1954.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00038286
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 3015.
CARL0000041277
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/12094
Subject: Bullock's Wilshire (Department store)
Department stores--California--Los Angeles
Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Parkinson, John,1861-1935
Parkinson, Donald B.(Donald Berthold),1895-1945

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