Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961

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

Architectural drawing depicting the Tishman Building at Wilshire Boulevard and Flower Street, Los Angeles, 1958

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Architectural drawing depicting the Tishman Building at Wilshire Boulevard and Flower Street, Los Angeles, 1958

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Photograph of an architectural drawing depicting the Tishman Building at Wilshire Boulevard and Flower Street, Los Angeles. A note in the lower left corner reads, "Victor Gruen & Associates and Daniel, Mann Johnson & Mendelhall, Associated Architects and Engineers". A note in the lower right corner reads, "Tishman Realty & Construction Co. Inc. Owner & builder since 1898".; "Hubbard 3-7588. New silhouette on the Los Angeles downtown sky line will be the above 22 story office building, to be constructed by the Tishman realty & Construction Co., Inc., directly opposite the General Petroleum building at Wilshire and Flower. The first rental office building to be erected in the downtown area since World War II,, its façade will be colored glass spandrels set off by polished aluminum. A major feature will be a zoned air conditioning system permitting individual tenant adjustment of room temperatures. Construction is scheduled to get under way January 2, 1959" -- typed note attached to verso. "Drawing depicts structure. Building will be ready for occupancy in 1959" -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated, "September 18, 1958". "Please credit Gordon Sommers photography. 135 South Doheny Drive, Beverly Hills, California. Re-order No. 8028-1; L.A. Examiner, all year, page 12, date-" -- stamped on verso.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.

Asset Metadata

Title Architectural drawing depicting the Tishman Building at Wilshire Boulevard and Flower Street, Los Angeles, 1958

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Temporal Subject 1958-09-18

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w (aacr2), architectural drawings (aat), photographic prints (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 1958-09-18

Creator Gordon Sommers Photography (photographer), Tishman Realty & Construction Co., Inc (architect), Victor Gruen 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-m13442

Identifier 3-1275-02805-0871 (barcode), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-658 (filename), examiner-m4404 (legacy collection record id), examiner-c44-92130 (legacy record id), examiner-m13442 (legacy record id), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-658 (original filename), Subjects 319 (print box)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 92130

Unique identifier UC11730368

Legacy Identifier EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-658.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 11.8 in × 9.6 in at 300dpi
29.9 cm × 24.5 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

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

Description The Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection consists of approximately 1.4 million prints and negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper. It was a daily newspaper, published in the afternoon on weekdays (Herald-Express) and in the morning on weekends (Examiner). The afternoon and morning papers merged in 1962 (Herald Examiner).

? 1903-1989: Los Angeles Examiner (founded 1903)
? 1931-1962: Los Angeles Herald-Express (formed from the 1931 merger of Los Angeles Evening Express and Evening Herald)
? 1962-1989: Los Angeles Herald Examiner (formed from the 1962 merger of the Los Angeles Herald-Express and the Los Angeles Examiner)

Almost every event and individual receiving news coverage in Los Angeles during the period late 1920's to 1961 is represented in the collection. Coverage is broad including crime, sports, society, art, and entertainment. The collection forms part of the Hearst Collection and was a gift from the Los Angeles Herald Examiner Division of the Hearst Corporation in 1978.

The Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection (1950-1961) consists of approximately 215,000 4x5-inch negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.

The Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection consists of approximately 1.2 million photoprints from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.

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