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Order Number	00074483
Title	Los Angeles Times Building under construction
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	L.A.-Buildings-Times Building
Date	1934
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;22 x 28 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.; Oversized photograph.
Description	Scaffolding covers portions of the emerging L.A. Times Buildings as cranes clamp to the top like stick insects. The construction fence advertises "New Home of Los Angeles Times - largest newspaper in the West". A truck delivering construction material is parked by the curb and a ladder extends from the truck to the top of the fence. Next to the Times is the Bryson Building, left. A pharmacy is across the street. A business card is imposed on the photo, bottom right. It states: "No. 20; Taken 5-29-34; Times Building, Job No. 436; Gordon B. Kaufmann, architect; P. J. Walker Company, builders". Photo dated May 29, 1934.; The architect, Gordon B. Kaufmann, also designed the giant, revolving globe that was mounted on a pedestal in the building's lobby.
Subject	Los Angeles Times Building. Newspaper buildings--California--Los Angeles. Building construction--California--Los Angeles. Streets--California--Los Angeles. Automobiles--California--Los Angeles. Central business districts--California--Los Angeles. Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles. Office buildings--California--Los Angeles. Scaffolding. Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles. Cityscape photographs Kaufmann, Gordon B. Spring Street (Los Angeles, Calif.). First Street (Los Angeles, Calif.). Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.). P. J. Walker Company.
Coverage	1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940
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