Title supplied by cataloger. When completed, this white marble office building housed the headquarters for Getty Oil and came to be known as the Harbor Building. Prior to its construction, the lot had been occupied by an expansive estate, built in 1926 for William Jenkins, which served as the home of aging Hollywood star Norma Desmond in Billy Wilder's film "Sunset Boulevard." Aerial view of the Tidewater Oil Co. building construction site, located at 4201 Wilshire Boulevard; view is looking slightly northwest. Wilshire Boulevard horizontally at middle; Crenshaw Boulevard is lower left to middle left; Bronson Avenue is bottom left to middle, and Norton Avenue is bottom right to middle right. At top, vertically left to right are: Windsor Blvd., Lorraine Blvd., Irving Blvd., and Bronson Ave. The architects for Tidewater Oil Co. are Claude Beelman and Associates; Bethlehem Pacific are steel frame fabricators and builders; C.L. Peck Construction and Realty Co. are general contractors. Photograph dated September 19, 1957.
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1 negative :safety ;11 x 14 cm. Photographic safety negatives
Harbor Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Tide Water Oil Company Industrial facilities--California--Los Angeles Building construction--California--Los Angeles Petroleum refineries--California--Los Angeles Industrial sites--California--Los Angeles Oil industries--California--Los Angeles Industries--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Crenshaw Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Aerial photographs
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