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Title Guarantee and Trust Company Building, downtown Los Angeles, 1943
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Title Guarantee and Trust Company 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. Additional information: The Title Guarantee and Trust Company Building was designed by John and Donald Parkinson. They were prominent architects who designed quite a few buildings in downtown Los Angeles (and on the USC campus). The building was finished in 1930 and opened in 1931.
Asset Metadata
Title
Title Guarantee and Trust Company Building, downtown Los Angeles, 1943
Subject
Aqueduct
(subject),
Colorado River
(subject),
Los Angeles -- City -- Buildings -- T
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Downtown Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Metropolitan Water District
(manmade features),
National Bank of Commerce
(manmade features),
Pershing Square
(city or populated place),
South Hill Street & West 5th Street
(roadway),
Subway Terminal Building
(manmade features),
Title Guarantee Building
(manmade features),
USA
(countries)
Geocoordinate
-118.25032,34.04922 (
point
), -118.25042,34.04994 (
point
), -118.25096,34.04856 (
point
), -118.25153,34.04946 (
point
)
Temporal Subject
1943-12-01
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
1943-12-01
Creator
Parkinson, Donald
(architect),
Parkinson, John
(architect)
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-m2875
Identifier
3-1275-02806-0326 (
barcode
), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-384 (
filename
), examiner-m4404 (
legacy collection record id
), examiner-c44-90133 (
legacy record id
), examiner-m2875 (
legacy record id
), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-384 (
original filename
), Subjects 319 (
print box
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
90133
Unique identifier
UC11733173
Legacy Identifier
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-384.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
9.5 in × 11.7 in at 300dpi
24.2 cm × 29.9 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961