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Title
Looking west, smoggy day
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Creator
Harris, L. Mildred
Date Created and/or Issued
1955
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.
Looking west towards Fort Moore Hill (left) from the roof of the Methodist Headquarters Building (Biscailuz Building) on a smoggy day. Seen, left to right, commercial buildings at Main Street and Sunset Boulevard (this section later renamed Paseo Luis Olivares) and the Hotel Pacific. Atop Fort Moore Hill are the Los Angeles City Board of Education Administrative Offices (left of center), formerly Central Junior High School. Dated September 1955.
Type
Image
Format
1 slide :color ;5 x 5 cm.
Photographic color slides
Identifier
00110030
L. Mildred Harris Slide Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
GPC_b94_f1_i86
CARL0005457569
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/123908
Subject
Hotel Pacific (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles
Smog--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Hotels--California--Los Angeles
Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles
Architecture--California--Los Angeles--Mediterranean influences
Methodist church buildings--California--Los Angeles
Electric lines--Poles and towers
Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles
Fort Moore Hill (Los Angeles, Calif.)
El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Sunset Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Slides
Time Period
1951-1960

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