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Description
Order Number
00075030
Title
Gaylord
Apartment
house
,
front
view
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
L.A.-Residences-Apartment
buildings
Date
Circa
1929
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;19
x
19
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Data
The
Gaylord
Apartment
Hotel
was
named
after
Henry
Gaylord
Wilshire
,
who
founded
the
famous
boulevard
; the
14-story
building
officially
opened
its
doors
in
1924
. The
entire
area
near
the
Gaylord
became
the
site
of
New
York
style
apartment
buildings
, and
many
film
stars
lived
in these
elegant
high
rises
.
Among
them were the
Ambassador
,
Asbury
,
Langham
,
Fox
Normandie
,
Picadilly
, and
Windsor
. In the
mid-sixties
, the
Gaylord
Apartment
Hotel
was
converted
into a
charming
apartment
community
.
Description
The
Gaylord
Apartment
house
is
located
at
3355
Wilshire
Boulevard
,
directly
across
from the
Ambassador
Hotel
. A
banner
above
the
main
entrance
reads
: "
Starting
Thursday
Feb
.
21st
-
all
apartments
in the
magnificent
Gaylord
-
completely
furnished
will be
sold
as '
own
your
own
apartment
'
-
price
from
$7850
up
furnished
-
suits
2
to
5
rooms
-
payments
1/2
down
-
balance
over
period
of
17
years
-
complete
service
-
every
modern
convenience
-
select
your
own
apartment
-
take
possession
immediately
and
save
high
rents
".
Smaller
signs
on
building
read
: "
Walker
&
Eisen
,
Architects
", and "
Lange
&
Bergstrom
,
General
Contractors
". The
building
was
named
for
Gaylord
Wilshire
,
who
founded
the
boulevard
.
Subject
Gaylord (Apartment House : Los Angeles, Calif.).
Apartment hotels--California--Los Angeles.
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles.
Hotels--California--Los Angeles.
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles.
Streets--California--Los Angeles.
Palms--California--Los Angeles.
Wilshire, Gaylord,1861-1927.
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Walker & Eisen.
Lange & Bergstrom.
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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