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Order Number	00095728
Title	General Petroleum garage
Photographer	Streib, Art.
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 97.
Date	1949
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Description	Corner view of the 450-car General Petroleum garage, located at 612 S. Flower Street and Wilshire Boulevard. The entire structure is a continuous spiral ramp curving from the basement to the roof, with plenty room for even the widest of present day cars, like the 1949 Packard Convertible (not shown). P. J. Walker Company built the 13-story structure at a cost of $5,000,000. Photograph dated March 1, 1949.
Subject	Parking facilities--California--Los Angeles. Parking garages--California--Los Angeles. Automobiles--California--Los Angeles. Streets--California--Los Angeles. Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles. Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.). Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
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	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection