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Title: I. Magnin & Co
Alternative Title: Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1939
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: Frontal view of I. Magnin & Co. department store, located at 3240 Wilshire Boulevard. It opened in 1939 and was built at a cost of $3,000,000. It was operated entirely by electricity and completely air-conditioned. The bottom floor is faced with black marble. A Texaco station across the street is identified by its sign in the foreground. Designed by Myron Hunt. Photo dated April 4, 1939.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00059304
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Shops and stores-Department stores-I. Magnin; N-002-638 8x10
CARL0000062734
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/104663
Subject: I. Magnin & Co
Texaco, Inc
Department stores--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Wilshire Lanterns
Hunt, Myron,1868-1952
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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