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Title: Wilshire United Methodist Church
Alternative Title: Works Progress Administration Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1937
Publication Information: Federal Writers' Project.; Allison & Allison
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: Designed by Allison & Allison and built in 1924, the church was promoted by Portland Cement Association as being "all-concrete." The exterior has a Romanesque revival appearance, while the interior is reminiscent of the Gothic revival style.
Exterior view of Wilshire United Methodist Church, located at 4350 Wilshire Boulevard. Photograph dated July 23, 1937.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00064721
Works Progress Administration Collection
WPA 1535 4x5
CARL0000068722
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/2561
Subject: Wilshire United Methodist Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Methodist church buildings--California--Los Angeles
Church buildings--California--Los Angeles
Romanesque revival (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Works Progress Administration Collection photographs

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