Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961

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

Continental Building, 408 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, 1955

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Continental Building, 408 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, 1955

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

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Description

Photograph. "This structure, the Continental Building, 408 South Spring Street, became the model for city's building height curbs. It went up in 1902 and happened to be exactly 13 stories high and 150 feet tall." -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated 19 December 1955.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.

Asset Metadata

Title Continental Building, 408 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, 1955

Subject Los Angeles -- City -- Buildings -- C (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 408 South Spring Street (roadway), California (states), Continental Building (manmade features), Downtown Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Geocoordinate -118.24743,34.03701 (point), -118.24847,34.03867 (point), -118.24925,34.03747 (point), -118.25051,34.03616 (point)

Temporal Subject 1955-12-19

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 1955-12-19

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-m2624

Identifier 3-1275-02805-2224 (barcode), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-058 (filename), examiner-m4404 (legacy collection record id), examiner-c44-91417 (legacy record id), examiner-m2624 (legacy record id), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-058 (original filename), Subjects 317 (print box)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 91417

Unique identifier UC11732658

Legacy Identifier EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-058.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 9.6 in × 12.0 in at 300dpi
24.3 cm × 30.6 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

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