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New Superior Oil building, 6th & Flower St., Los Angeles, 1956
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New Superior Oil building, 6th & Flower St., Los Angeles, 1956
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Description
Photograph, 15 May 1956. "At height limit is the Superior Oil building at Sixth Street and Flower. Rapidly nearing completion, it will be a part of 'New Heart of Los Angeles.'" -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated 19 June 1956. Face of building showing in photo, covered in scaffolding. Construction sign on corner of building states, Claude Beelman & Associates, Architects and Engineers / William Simpson Construction Company.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Asset Metadata
Title
New Superior Oil building, 6th & Flower St., Los Angeles, 1956
Subject
buildings
(subject),
Height Limit
(subject),
Los Angeles -- City -- Buildings -- S
(file heading),
New Heart Of Los Angeles, Claude Beelman and Associates
(subject),
William Simpson Construction Company
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
6th Street & Flower Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Downtown Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Superior Oil Building
(manmade features),
USA
(countries)
Geocoordinate
-118.25347,34.05151 (
point
), -118.25449,34.05103 (
point
), -118.25449,34.05243 (
point
), -118.25512,34.05161 (
point
)
Temporal Subject
1956-05-15
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
(collection),
Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
(subcollection),
University of Southern California
(contributing entity)
Date Created
1956-05-15
Creator
Claud Beelman & Associates
(architect),
William Simpson Construction Company
(builder)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
cisadmin@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
For uses other than private, please contact the USC Digital Library at cisadmin@lib.usc.edu
Access Conditions
Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m3340
Identifier
3-1275-02806-2629 (
barcode
), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-515 (
filename
), examiner-m4404 (
legacy collection record id
), examiner-c44-90576 (
legacy record id
), examiner-m3340 (
legacy record id
), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-515 (
original filename
), Subjects 318 (
print box
), progress photo 15 (
unidentified no.
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
90576
Unique identifier
UC11733574
Legacy Identifier
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-515.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
14.6 in × 18.1 in at 300dpi
37.2 cm × 46.0 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
Linked assets
Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
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