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Title |
Title Guarantee building, downtown Los Angeles, 1943 |
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Description |
Photograph facing north on South Hill Street at Fifth Street towards the Metroplitan Water District building (?) in Downtown Los Angeles. Pershing Square is directly to the south of the building, and the National Bank of Commerce and the Subway Terminal Building are to the north. Signs in the Water District window advertise an exhibition of the Colorado River and the making of the California Aqueduct. "Title Guarantee Building, northwest corner West Fifth and Hill Streets, which has just been purchased by The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. As soon as conditions permit The Equitable's departments serving Los Angeles will be housed there." -- typed note attached to verso, dated 1 December 1943.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography. |
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Subject |
Aqueduct; Colorado River |
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Subject (File Heading) |
Los Angeles -- City -- Buildings -- T |
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Geographic Subject (Roadway) |
South Hill Street & West 5th Street |
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Geographic Subject (City or Populated Place) |
Pershing Square; Downtown Los Angeles; Los Angeles |
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Geographic Subject (County) |
Los Angeles |
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Geographic Subject (State) |
California |
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Geographic Subject (Country) |
USA |
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Geographic Subject (Manmade Feature) |
Title Guarantee Building; Metropolitan Water District; National Bank of Commerce; Subway Terminal Building |
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Geographic Coordinates |
-118.25042,34.04994; -118.25032,34.04922; -118.25096,34.04856; -118.25153,34.04946; -118.25042,34.04994 |
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Coverage date |
circa 1943-12-01 |
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Publisher (of the Digital Version) |
University of Southern California. Libraries |
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Date created |
circa 1943-12-01 |
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Type |
images |
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Format (aacr2) |
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w |
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Format (aat) |
photographic prints
photographs |
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Contributing entity |
University of Southern California |
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Barcode |
3-1275-02806-0326 |
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Original Filename |
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-384 |
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Print Box |
Subjects 319 |
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Legacy Record ID |
examiner-m2875 |
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Part of subcollection |
Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961 |
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Part of collection |
Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961 |
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Rights |
University of Southern California |
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Physical access |
Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu; phone (213) 740-5900; fax (213) 740-2343 |
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Repository Name |
USC Libraries Special Collections |
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Repository Address |
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
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Repository Email |
specol@dots.usc.edu specol@dots.usc.edu |
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Filename |
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-384 |
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Catalog state |
approved |
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Archival file |
examiner_Volume124/EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-384.tiff |
Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
