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Title
Dedication for new General Petroleum Bldg
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1949
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes.; Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph caption dated April 1, 1949 reads, "Government and company officials sit on roof of new $11,000,000 General Petroleum Corp. Building here today for ceremonies officially dedicating the 13-story edifice. Among them are Governor Earl Warren and Mayor Bowron. At the microphones is Robert L. Minckler, president of the huge corporation."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00095735
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 97.
CARL0005055739
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/33079
Subject
Bowron, Fletcher,--1887-1968
Warren, Earl,--1891-1974
Building dedications--California--Los Angeles
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles
Mayors--California--Los Angeles
Governors--California
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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