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[Exterior front entrance detail view of California Petroleum Corp. Building, 929 South Broadway, Los Angeles]

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Title: [Exterior front entrance detail view of California Petroleum Corp. Building, 929 South Broadway, Los Angeles]
Contributor: Crane, C. Howard (Charles Howard), 1885-1952
Walker & Eisen
Mott Studios
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1927 and 1933]
Publication Information: Los Angeles, Calif. : Mott Studios
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Decorative entrance features gothic style carving and bas relief depictions of medievil figures. Mott no. 315 refers to Dahlstrom Metallic Door Co.
1992-6150 (315-1).
The United Artists Building was built in 1927. The complex consisted of the theater designed by C. Howard Crane and the accompanying office tower designed by Walker and Eisen. The complex was built for the United Artists Company established by Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. Built in Spanish Gothic-style.
Type: image
Format: Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 1 photographic print ; 9 1/4 x 7 3/4 in.
Identifier: (C)001430596CSL01-Aleph
Language: English
Subject: United Artists Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs
Theaters--California--Los Angeles
Offices--California--Los Angeles
Doors & doorways--California--Los Angeles
Architectural decorations & ornaments--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place: California
Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Calif.)

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