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Description
Plates in: Subway Terminal Building, Los Angeles : photograph album / P. J. Walker Co., plates 29-44. "Pacific Electric sub-structure - job 334, E.C. Johnson, Chief Engineer, Subway Terminal super-structure - job 331, Schultz & Weaver, architects, P. J. Walker Company, constructor" -- label. "George F. Adair, photographer" -- stamped on verso. View 1 (1993-0110). Taken 10-5-25. Shows steel structure. Sign reads "Steel work by Llewellyn Iron Wks" -- view 2 (1993-0111). Taken 10-15-25. "Service building method of excavation. Steam shovel 40 ft. below sidewalk, breaking up blue clay which is handled by clam shovel into trucks. At completion steam shovel was 60 ft. below sidewalk and had to be knocked down complete and removed with the clam shovel" -- view 3 (1993-0112). Taken 10-16-25. Shows steel structure -- view 4 (1993-0113). Taken 11-3-25. Shows steel structure, sign reads "The McGilvray-Raymond Granit Co." -- View 5 (1993-0114). Taken 11-9-25 -- view 6 (1993-0115). Taken 11-17-25. Shows steel structure, first floor covered with granite facade -- view 7 (1993-0116). Taken 11-17-25. Shows wooden structure, Savoy Auto Park -- view 8 (1993-0117). Taken 11-27-25. Shows steel structure, granite facade on first two floors, Hotel Trenton in background -- View 9 (1993-0118). Taken 12-5-25. View of rising structure between Hotel Eddy and Black & White Cab Co. buildings -- view 10 (1993-0119). Taken 12-5-25. Steel structure, granite facade being added, Pacific Electric Railway passenger station to left, Hotel Trenton in background -- view 11 (1993-0120). Taken 12-19-25. Building almost complete, sign reads "Future home of Janss Investment Co. entire second floor." Surrounding buildings include Pacific Electric Railway passenger station, Luckenbach Building, Hotel Trenton -- view 12 (1993-0121). Taken 12-19-25. Label reads "Subway Terminal Service Building Job 331-A." Shows steel structure rising between Hotel Eddy and Black & White Cab Co. "Llewellyn Iron Works" visible on structure -- view 13 (1993-0122). Taken 1-4-26. Nearly complete building -- view 14 (1993-0123). Taken 1-4-26. Shows Subway Terminal Service Building -- view 15 (1993-0124). Taken 1-18-26 -- view 16 (1993-0125). Taken 1-18-26. Label reads "Subway Terminal Service Building Job 331-A. Shows steel structure between Hotel Eddy and Black & White Cab Co. buildings. Constructed in 1926 as joint project of Pacific Electric Railway and Subway Terminal Corporation, Terminal consisted of twelve-story office building and two subterranean levels for streetcar terminal.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
16 photographic prints on linen mount ; images 8 x 9 7/8 in. and 10 x 8 in. on mount 8 x 11 3/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001485030CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Pacific Electric Railway Company--Photographs Subway Terminal Corporation--Photographs Subway stations--California--Los Angeles Building construction--California--Los Angeles Steam shovels Hotels--California--Los Angeles Office buildings--California--Los Angeles Parking garages--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints Photograph albums
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