Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961

Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961

Travelers Insurance Co. Building under construction, Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, 1960

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Travelers Insurance Co. Building under construction, Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, 1960

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Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961

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Description

Photograph. "Steel framework has just been completed on the 22-story Travelers Insurance Company's Building, Wilshire Boulevard's tallest structure, between Harvard and Kingsley. Bethlehem Steel Co. did framing. Design is by Welton Becket and Associates. Completion is scheduled May, 1960." -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated 11 September 1960.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.

Asset Metadata

Title Travelers Insurance Co. Building under construction, Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, 1960

Subject Construction (subject), Los Angeles -- City -- Buildings -- T (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Travelers Building (manmade features), USA (countries), Wilshire Boulevard (roadway)

Geocoordinate -118.16521,34.08009 (point), -118.39825,33.74214 (point), -118.47776,34.32215 (point), -118.50695,34.02659 (point)

Temporal Subject 1960-09-11

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 1960-09-11

Creator Bethlehem Steel Company (builder), Welton Becket & Associates (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-m2881

Identifier 3-1275-02806-0391 (barcode), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-314 (filename), examiner-m4404 (legacy collection record id), examiner-c44-90140 (legacy record id), examiner-m2881 (legacy record id), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-314 (original filename), Subjects 319 (print box)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 90140

Unique identifier UC11733220

Legacy Identifier EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-314.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