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Description
Plates in: Subway Terminal Building, Los Angeles : photograph album / P. J. Walker Co., plates 14-20. "Pacific Electric sub-structure - job 334, E.C. Johnson, Chief Engineer, Subway Terminal super-structure - job 331, Schultz & Weaver, architects, P. J. Walker Company, constructor" -- label. "George F. Adair, photographer" -- stamped on verso. View 1 (1993-0095). Taken 6-5-25 -- view 2 (1993-0096). Taken 6-6-25. Shows Edwards Bros. Excavating Contractors excavating right side of site - dump trucks, steam shovels; trains on left -- view 3 (1993-0097). Taken 6-16-25 -- view 4 (1993-0098). Taken 6-17-25. "Method of excavation for underpinning which was carried to a depth of 68 feet below Olive St. elevation" -- view 5 (1993-0099). Taken 6-17-25. "General cut through Olive St. showing method of carrying public utilities." Shows dump trucks, steam shovels, walkway across excavation -- view 6 (1993-0100). Taken 7-1-25 -- view 7 (1993-0101). Taken 7-16-25. Shows excavation, buildings lining side, including People's National Bank. Constructed in 1926 as joint project of Pacific Electric Railway and Subway Terminal Corporation, Terminal consisted of twelve-story office building and two subterranean levels for streetcar terminal.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
7 photographic prints on linen mount ; images 8 x 9 7/8 in. and 9 7/8 x 8 in. on mount 8 x 11 3/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001484888CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Pacific Electric Railway Company--Photographs Subway Terminal Corporation--Photographs Subway stations--California--Los Angeles Building construction--California--Los Angeles Buildings--California--Los Angeles Steam shovels Dump trucks--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints Photograph albums
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