California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Pacific Circle building under construction, May, 1931

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Pacific Circle building under construction, May, 1931

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Photograph of the Pacific Circle building under construction, May, 1931. The tall, rectangular office building can be seen at center. The wall has been completed at left, while at right, the wall is incomplete. A tall tower with four small turrets on top can be seen in the background at left, while a multi-story brick building is visible at right. Large bushes can be seen in the foreground.; A large sign in the foreground at left lists information about the construction project: "State Office Building John C. Austin & Frederic M. Ashley Architects Weymouth Cromwell Co. General Contractor H.H. Walker Electric Work Lohman Bros. Heating McGilvray Raymond Corp. Granite Pacific Pipe & Supply Co. Plumbing Consolidated Steel Corp. Structural Steel & Elevators J. Herman Co. Ventilating W. C. Lea Steel Sash Truscon Steel Col. Reinforcing Steel N. Clark & Sons Terra Cotta W.J. Glasson Planing Mill Mill Work L.A. Marble & Tile Co. Marble & Tile A.J. Bayer Co. Ornamental Iron Parker - Judge Co. Painting California Glass Co. Glass Owens - Parks Lumber Co. Lumber See - Outman Co. Sheet Metal Workers".

Asset Metadata

Title Pacific Circle building under construction, May, 1931

Subject Building (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Public Buildings -- State building (file heading), Public buildings (lcsh), State Building (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1931-05

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 17 x 13 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1931-05

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18144

Identifier 35278 (accession number), CHS-35278 (call number), CHS-35278 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18150 (legacy record id), chs-m18144 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18150

Unique identifier UC113420

Legacy Identifier CHS-35278.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.8 in × 18.7 in at 300dpi
32.5 cm × 47.6 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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