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Title: Sitting room in the penthouse of the Oviatt Building, Los Angeles, 1930
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa March 30, 1930]
1930-03-30
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Description: View of a sitting room in the penthouse of the Oviatt Building with a sofa, chairs, tables, paintings, decorative objects, carpets and silk or velvet curtains. A man is seated on the right. The Oviatt Building (617 South Olive St; constructed 1927-1928) was designed for the clothier, James Zera Oviatt, a partner in the establishment, Alexander and Oviatt. The penthouse was decorated by the Paris interior design firm, Saddler et fils. Reported in "Castle in air houses Oviatt," Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 1930: A3.
Text from negative sleeve: Oviatt, James.
Handwritten on negative: James Oviatt Home
Photo caption: Comforts at high level; exterior and interior of living-room of James Oviatt home atop the height-limit building of Alexander & Oviatt ("Castle in air houses Oviatt," Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 1930: A3).
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3720_G3555
ark:/21198/zz002hjfp3
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Penthouses--California--Los Angeles
Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles
Oviatt Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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