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Title
KFI radio station
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1929
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.
This structure opened in 1912 and the interior showroom designs were by Greene and Greene.; Originally owned by Earl C. Anthony, Inc., KFI began operating on March 31, 1922 as one of the first high-powered, "clear-channel" stations in the United States.
Exterior view of KFI radio station, located at 1000 South Hope Street. A Packard automobile dealer is located in the building in the center of the image. A Hudson Essex automobile dealer and the B'nai B'rith synagogue, located on the corner of 9th and Hope streets, are visible in the background on the left.; See image 00039428 for a similar view.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;18 x 13 cm. on sheet 26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00079023
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Radio-Studios; N-002-166.3 5x7
CARL0000080253
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/111601
Subject
KFI (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
B'nai B'rith Temple (Los Angeles, Calif)
Radio stations--California--Los Angeles
Automobile dealers--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles
Synagogues--California--Los Angeles
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Hope Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Earl C. Anthony, Inc

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