Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of the exterior view of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building, on the corner of Olive Street and Sixth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1909. The five-story Romanesque-style building features ornamental moldings, a large cornice encircling the building's top floor, column buttresses, and pedimented doors and windows. To the right of the insurance building is a building with a spired tower (church or cathedral?). A streetcar, displaying a sign that reads "Washington St.", is about to cross the intersection. People are seen walking down the street or crossing the street. Utility wires zigzag across the streets.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
Buildings Street-railroads Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--General #2 Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--General--Pacific Life Insurance Pacific Life Insurance Building
Time Period
circa 1909
Place
California Los Angeles Olive Street & 6th Street USA
Source
1-8-12 [Microfiche number] 5546 [Accession number] CHS-5546 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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