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Order Number	00109958
Title	East, from Fort Moore Hill
Photographer	Harris, L. Mildred.
Collection ID	L. Mildred Harris Slide Collection Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession	GPC_b94_f1_i14
Date	1949
Physical Description	1 slide :color ;5 x 5 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	The Post Office Terminal Annex was designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood in the California Mission style and was built in 1938; the supervising engineer was Neal A. Melick. This 400,000 square feet building served as the main mail distribution center for the Metropolitan Los Angeles area from 1938 until 1994. Approximately 1,700 Post Office employees handled over four million pieces of incoming and outgoing mail on a daily basis. The Post Office Terminal Annex was added to the National Register of Historic Places - Building #85000131, on January 11, 1985. Although no longer used as a post office, the building is used occasionally as a filming site.
Description	Looking east towards from Fort Moore Hill, during its removal, on August 2, 1949. Seen on the left are the United States Post Office Terminal Annex and, in the distance, the Los Angeles County General Hospital. The top of a Los Angeles Gas Company gas holder is also present.
Subject	United States Post Office Terminal Annex (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles County General Hospital. Los Angeles Gas Company. Hospitals--California--Los Angeles. Post office buildings--California--Los Angeles. Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles. Gasholders. Power shovels--California--Los Angeles. Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles. Architecture--California--Los Angeles--Spanish influences. Fort Moore Hill (Los Angeles, Calif.). Boyle Heights (Los Angeles, Calif.). Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.). Panoramic views Slides Melick, Neal A. Underwood, Gilbert Stanley.
Format	Photographic color slides
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Internal Notes	The highest resolution available for this image is 300 dpi.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection