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Description
Photograph. "This structure, the Continental Building, 408 South Spring Street, became the model for city's building height curbs. It went up in 1902 and happened to be exactly 13 stories high and 150 feet tall." -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated 19 December 1955. Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w photographic prints photographs
-118.24847,34.03867 -118.24743,34.03701 -118.25051,34.03616 -118.24925,34.03747 408 South Spring Street California Continental Building Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles USA
Source
3-1275-02805-2224 [Barcode] EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-058 [Original Filename] Subjects 317 [Print Box] University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
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