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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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Pacific Circle building under construction, May, 1931
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Pacific Circle building under construction, May, 1931
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Description
Photograph of the Pacific Circle building under construction, May, 1931. The tall, rectangular office building can be seen at center. The wall has been completed at left, while at right, the wall is incomplete. A tall tower with four small turrets on top can be seen in the background at left, while a multi-story brick building is visible at right. Large bushes can be seen in the foreground.; A large sign in the foreground at left lists information about the construction project: "State Office Building John C. Austin & Frederic M. Ashley Architects Weymouth Cromwell Co. General Contractor H.H. Walker Electric Work Lohman Bros. Heating McGilvray Raymond Corp. Granite Pacific Pipe & Supply Co. Plumbing Consolidated Steel Corp. Structural Steel & Elevators J. Herman Co. Ventilating W. C. Lea Steel Sash Truscon Steel Col. Reinforcing Steel N. Clark & Sons Terra Cotta W.J. Glasson Planing Mill Mill Work L.A. Marble & Tile Co. Marble & Tile A.J. Bayer Co. Ornamental Iron Parker - Judge Co. Painting California Glass Co. Glass Owens - Parks Lumber Co. Lumber See - Outman Co. Sheet Metal Workers".
Asset Metadata
Title
Pacific Circle building under construction, May, 1931
Subject
Building
(lcsh),
buildings
(adlf),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Public Buildings -- State building
(file heading),
Public buildings
(lcsh),
State Building
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1931-05
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 17 x 13 cm.
(aacr2),
photographs
(aat),
transparencies
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
(subcollection)
Date Created
1931-05
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Copyright
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18144
Identifier
35278 (
accession number
), CHS-35278 (
call number
), CHS-35278 (
filename
), chs-m825 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-18150 (
legacy record id
), chs-m18144 (
legacy record id
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
18150
Unique identifier
UC113420
Legacy Identifier
CHS-35278.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
12.8 in × 18.7 in at 300dpi
32.5 cm × 47.6 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
Description
The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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