Signal Oil & Gas Company, Wilshire Blvd. & Beaudry St., Los Angeles, 1960

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Photograph. Skyline addition -- With exterior construction work finished, the new headquarters building for the Signal Oil & Gas Company at Seventh Street and Beaudry Avenue makes an addition to the Los Angeles skyline. The $5 million, 16-story building, in which some lease space is still available, is racing toward an early summer completion date. Designed by Charles Luckman Associates, the building is being developed by C.L. Peck, Jr. and Robert S. Norman of the North Brand Company. C.L. Peck is the general contractor. Charles Luckman Associates is the successor to Pereira & Luckman." -- typed note attached to verso, dated 22 March 1960.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.

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Title Signal Oil & Gas Company, Wilshire Blvd. & Beaudry St., Los Angeles, 1960

Subject buildings (subject), Charles Luckman Associates (subject), Charles Luckman Associates (naf), Los Angeles -- City -- Buildings -- S (file heading), Norman, Robert S. (subject), North Brand Company (subject), Peck, C.L., Jr. (subject), Pereira and Luckman (subject), Skyline (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Downtown Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Signal Oil and Gas Company (manmade features), USA (countries), Wilshire Blvd. & Beaudry Avenue (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1960-03-22

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 1960-03-22

Creator C.L. Peck (builder), Charles Luckman Associates (architect), Vanguard Photography (photographer)

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-m3346