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Title
U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1940
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
Built in 1938-1940, the building is an excellent example of PWA modern style designed by architects Gilbert Stanley Underwood and Louis A. Simon.
Exterior view of the Federal Building and U.S. Post Office, nearing its completion.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00018585
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Buildings-Federal Building.
CARL0000023940
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/89259
Subject
United States Court House and Post Office (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Courthouses--California--Los Angeles
Post office buildings--California--Los Angeles
Statues--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Underwood, Gilbert Stanley
Simon, Louis A.(Louis Adolphe),d. 1958
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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