The Automobile Club of Southern California, one of the nation's first motor clubs dedicated to improving roads, proposing traffic laws, and improvement of overall driving conditions, was founded on December 13, 1900 in Los Angeles. The Auto Club was responsible for producing state road maps, as well as posting thousands of porcelain-to-steel traffic signs throughout the state to create a uniform signing system - which it continued to do until the task was taken over by the State of California in the mid-1950s. The building located at 2601 South Figueroa Street originally served as the Auto Club's main office. It was built between 1922-1923 by architects, Sumner P. Hunt, Silas R. Burns, and Roland E. Coate in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. Today, this beautiful building serves as the Los Angeles district office, but the administrative offices have moved. The Automobile Club of Southern California displays road signs printed in Spanish by the organization for posting in Mexico. Photo shows a man and woman standing next to a large map of North and Central America. The woman is pointing to Mexico City on the map. Part of a traffics sign is visible on the left. There are numerous men and women in the background, on the steps of the Automobile Club of Southern California building, located at 2601 S. Figueroa St. at Adams Blvd.
Automobile Club of Southern California--Headquarters Automobiles--California, Southern--Societies, etc Tourist maps Traffic signs and signals--California--Los Angeles University Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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