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Order Number	00110862
Title	Westinghouse Electric Supply Company Warehouse
Photographer	Olmos, Tavo.
Collection ID	Los Angeles County Building Survey Collection
Location/Accession	GPC_b95_f1_i2
Date	2012
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.; Photographs taken for Historic American Buildings Survey which includes a narrative description and history of the Westinghouse Electric Supply Company warehouse.
Historical Data	Located at 905-915 East Second Street, the Westinghouse Electric Supply Company warehouse played an important role in the industrial history of Los Angeles. Built in 1929-1930, the Art Deco style building, consisting of two attached warehouses, served as an electrical goods storage and shipping warehouse for the Westinghouse Electric Supply Company (WESCO), one of the country's largest electronics companies from the 1930's-1980's. With a freight spur of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to the east of the building, the warehouse became an important part of the national supply chain, receiving and distributing electrical goods from across the country and throughout Southern California. Photograph dated July 2012.
Description	View of the Westinghouse Electric Supply Company from corner of East Second Street and South Garey Street looking northeast. A sign at the entrance reads "Megatoys."
Publisher	Heritage Documentation Programs (U.S.). Historic American Buildings Survey.
Subject	Westinghouse Electric Supply Company. Warehouses--California--Los Angeles. Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles. Electronic industries--California--Los Angeles. Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles. Streets--California--Los Angeles. Second Street (Los Angeles, Calif.). Garey Street (Los Angeles, Calif.). Historic American Buildings Survey Collection photographs. Heritage Documentation Programs Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Credits	Photographs taken for Historic American Buildings Survey or the Historic Landscapes Survey: documentation is on file.
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	Los Angeles County Building Survey Photo Collection