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Order Number	00058585
Title	General Petroleum Building
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	L.A.-Buildings-General Petroleum Building.; A-010-940 4x5
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Historical Data	Designed in the Late Moderne style of the postwar period, with ceramic veneer exterior by Gladding, McBean & Co., the General Petroleum Building was built for $8,000,000 and was one of the first skyscrapers to employ a modular system throughout the entire structure. Aluminum fin sunshades from 3rd to 13th floor. Wurdeman & Becket also designed all interior details including furnishings, color schemes & fixtures. It was built between 1947-1949.
Description	Exterior view of the General Petroleum Building, located at Flower Street (left) and Wilshire Boulevard (right).
Subject	General Petroleum Building (Los Angeles, Calif.). Office buildings--California--Los Angeles. Streets--California--Los Angeles. Wurdeman, Walter C. Becket, Welton. Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.). Flower Street (Los Angeles, Calif.). Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.). Gladding, McBean and Company.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection