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Title
Los Angeles Athletic Club, Brack Shops, Union Oil, 1938
Alternative Title
Works Progress Administration Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1938
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
7th Street, looking west toward Olive Street. The prominent building on the right corner is the Los Angeles Athletic Club, built in 1911 by Parkinson & Bergstrom. This building was notable at the time for being the first in Southern California to have a swimming pool on an upper floor. Other historical buildings visible in this photograph are: The Brack Shops built in 1914; and Union Oil Building built in 1922 by Curlett & Beelman. Photo dated: January 27, 1938.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00067442
Works Progress Administration Collection
WPA (5111) 4x5; L.A.-Streets-Hill and 7th.
CARL0000071970
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/107033
Subject
Brack Shops (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Athletic Club
Union Oil Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Stores & shops--California--Los Angeles
Associations, institutions, etc.--California--Los Angeles
Central business districts--California--Los Angeles
Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles
Bergstrom, G. E.(George Edwin),1876-1955
Parkinson, John,1861-1935
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Seventh Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Curlett & Beelman

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