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Title
Aerial view of Downtown Los Angeles, looking east
Alternative Title
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Photo Collection
Creator
Kelly, Howard D
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1955
Publication Information
Gladding, McBean and Company.; Morgan, Walls & Clements.; Holabird, Root & Burgee.; Kelly-Holiday
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
The Statler Hilton Hotel, located between 7th and Wilshire was built by Holabird, Root & Burgee of Chicago. The Mobiloil/Mobilgas building, located at 612 S. Flower Street, was built by Gladding McBean & Co between 1947 and 1949 for $8,000,000. Richfield Oil Corporation, at 555 South Flower Street, was built in 1928 by Morgan, Walls & Clements; it was razed on November 1969 to make way for the Arco Towers. The Los Angeles Public Library, located at 630 W. 5th Street, was designed by architects Bertram G. Goodhue and Carlton M. Winslow and constructed between 1922-1926.
Aerial view of Downtown Los Angeles; view is looking east. The Statler Hilton Hotel can be seen at the lower center, with the Mobiloil/Mobilgas building behind it and to the left, next to that is the Richfield Building (with tall antenna), and on the extreme left is the Los Angeles Public Library. Some of the identifiable streets are (vertically, l to r): 6th Street, Wilshire Boulevard, 7th Street, 8th Street, and (horizontally, bottom to top): Figueroa Street, Flower Street, Hope Street, Grand Avenue, Olive Street and Hill Street. Photographed for Union Oil Company on October 25, 1955.
Type
image
Format
1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00089087
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection
KHAF 204-20; GPC_b21_f5_14 (Photographic print)
CARL0004939359
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/4458
Subject
Los Angeles Public Library
Mobil Oil Corporation
Atlantic Richfield Co
Statler Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Central business districts--California--Los Angeles
Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Hotels--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Aerial views
Aerial photographs
Winslow, Carleton M.,1919-
Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor,1869-1924
Time Period
1951-1960

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