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Title
Wilshire Boulevard and Hoover Street, looking southwest
Alternative Title
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Photo Collection
Creator
Kelly, Howard D
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1956
Publication Information
Kelly-Holiday
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.
Aerial view of the Westlake area; looking southwest. The Western Mortgage Corporation building - still under construction and which will be located at 2700 Wilshire Boulevard, is visible middle-left (flat, tan roof). The tall, white building across the street is the Royale Hotel. Some of the identifiable streets are Hoover Street (running horizontally along the top); Rampart Boulevard (between the two white buildings forefront, running to upper left); Wilshire Boulevard (lower left, curving to upper right); Sunset Place (upper middle); and 7th Street (extreme upper left). A very small portion of LaFayette Park peeks out from middle right. Photograph dated February 17, 1956.
Type
image
Format
1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00088571
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection
KHAF 243-2
CARL0004938487
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/4436
Subject
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles
Hotels--California--Los Angeles
Parks--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Lafayette Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Aerial views
Aerial photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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