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Description
Order Number
00075012
Title
Automobile
Club
of
Southern
California
,
corner
view
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
L.A.-Organizations-Automobile
Club
of
Southern
California
.
Date
1930
Physical Description
1 photographic print :b&w ;18 x 26 cm.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Data
The
Automobile
Club
of
Southern
California
,
one
of the
nation's
first
motor
clubs
dedicated
to
improving
roads
,
proposing
traffic
laws
, and
improvement
of
overall
driving
conditions
, was
founded
on
December
13
,
1900
in
Los
Angeles
. The
Auto
Club
was
responsible
for
producing
state
road
maps
, as
well
as
posting
thousands
of
porcelain-to-steel
traffic
signs
throughout
the
state
to
create
a
uniform
signing
system
-
which
it
continued
to
do
until
the
task
was
taken
over
by the
State
of
California
in the
mid-1950s
. The
building
pictured
here
originally
served
as the
Auto
Club's
main
office
.
It
was
built
between
1922-1923
by
architects
,
Sumner
P
.
Hunt
,
Silas
R
.
Burns
, and
Roland
E
.
Coate
in the
Spanish
Colornial
Revival
style
.
Today
, this
beautiful
building
serves
as the
Los
Angeles
district
office
, but the
administrative
offices
are
now
located
in
Costa
Mesa
.
Description
Exterior
view
of the
Automobile
Club
of
Southern
California
,
located
at
2601
S
.
Figueroa
St
.
Three
cars
traveling
southbound
can
be
seen
on the
left
,
waiting
at the
intersection
;
Adams
Blvd
is
visible
on the
right
.
Two
men
stand
at the
corner
,
near
to the
flagpole
.
Subject
Automobile Club of Southern California.
Architecture--California--Los Angeles--Spanish influences.
Traffic signs and signals--California--Los Angeles.
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles.
Streets--California--Los Angeles.
Automobiles--Societies, etc.
Hunt, Sumner P.
Burns, Silas Reese.
Coate, Roland E.
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
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