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Title
Bryson Apartments on Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, ca.1917
Creator
Noonan, Frederick
Kysor, Charles H
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1917
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of the Bryson Apartments on Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, ca.1917. From the façade, the building is an inverted U-shape building. Flanking the path the leads up to the entrance of the building are a pair of sculptures showing two lions holding up a seal with some writing on it. The lions are situated on a platform held up by four columns. Small trees and bushes decorate the yard and the walkway. Two flags are flown on the roofs of each wing of the building.
"Bryson Apartments: 2701 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles. This ten-story Beaux Arts/Classical Revival/Mediterranean style building designed by Architects Frederick Noonan and Charles H. Kysor was erected in 1912." -- unknown author. Engstrum Construction was the contracting company.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17460 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-5725
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17460
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-5725.jpg
Subject
Bryson Apartments building
Dwellings
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1917
Place
34.061313,-118.282489
California
Los Angeles
USA
Wilshire Boulevard
Wilshire District
Source
1-12-5 [Microfiche number]
5725 [Accession number]
CHS-5725 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
chs-m265

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