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Title
May Department Stores Building, Los Angeles, ca.1960
Creator
Martin, Albert C., Sr
Shulman, Julius
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1960
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
Library Exhibits Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Photograph of the May Department Stores Building, Los Angeles, ca.1960. The Art Deco building can be seen in the middle at center, featuring a semi-cylindrical shiny element built into its corner and flanked by the May Company logo. A flagstaff with an American flag is visible atop of the building. A busy intersection of Fairfax Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard can be seen in the extreme foreground. The structure was designed by an architect Albert C. Martin Sr.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
shulman-m199
shulman-1997-JS-19-ISLA
http://doi.org/10.25549/shulman-m199
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/shulman-1997-JS-19-ISLA.jpg
Subject
May Department Stores Company
Art deco (Architecture)
Cities
Time Period
circa 1960
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Wilshire Boulevard
Fairfax Avenue
Source
shulman-1997-JS-19-ISLA [Original Filename]
Relation
L.A. Obscura: The Architectural Photography of Julius Shulman. Fisher Gallery, Spring 1998
Library Exhibits Collection

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