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Title
Oviatt Building
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Goodenow, Guy
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1986
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
In 1928 Walker and Eisen designed the Oviatt Building, located 617 South Olive Street, as the headquarters of Alexander & Oviatt. This Art Deco building features a penthouse suite built for owner Oviatt, and is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #195.
Photograph caption reads: "The stylish Oviatt Building holds court at 617 S. Olive St." Note James Oviatt's penthouse on the roof. Photograph dated August 24, 1986.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00043150
Herald Examiner Collection
HH_b061_f3_i57
CARL0000046751
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/13780
Subject
Oviatt Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles
Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles
Penthouses--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Walker & Eisen

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