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Title: Tallest office building in Los Angeles
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: Circa 1960
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
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Description: Photograph used in an article dated: September 1, 1960.
This $15 million building, located at 3600 Wilshire, was completed in the spring of 1961. It was the first 22-story structure to be built on Wilshire Boulevard.
Caption reads, "Model of The Travelers Insurance Companies building will appear when completed in September, 1961. Designed by Welton Becket and Associates, architects and engineers, the building is being constructed by George A. Fuller Company with steel frame by Bethlehem Steel Company. Coldwell, Banker & Company is leasing and management agent.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00074591
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 4741.
CARL0000078233
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/27924
Subject: Travelers Insurance Companies
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles
Architectural models
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Welton Becket and Associates
George A. Fuller Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation

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