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Order Number	00088610
Title	Whittier Downs Shopping Center, Santa Fe Springs
Photographer	Kelly, Howard D.
Collection ID	Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection
Location/Accession	KHAF 238-1
Date	1956
Physical Description	1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	Designed by architectural firm Pereira & Luckman with elements to maximize visual merchandising, this $3,000,000 shopping center opened in 1955. After just three decades of use, Whittier Downs Shopping Center was razed due to declining popularity.
Description	Aerial view highlighting the Whittier Downs Shopping Center on the southeast corner of Washington (right) and Norwalk boulevards in Santa Fe Springs, surrounded by housing developments. Some of the retailers include: J. C. Penney, Thrifty Drug Co. (lower right corner of shopping center), F.W. Woolworth Co. (lower left corner of shopping center), and a Food Giant supermarket. The shopping center in the upper right includes a King Cole Market, designed by A. Quincy Jones. The homes surrounding the center are located in the community of West Whittier. Photograph dated February 16, 1956.
Publisher	Kelly-Holiday. Pereira & Luckman.
Subject	Whittier Downs Shopping Center (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.). Shopping centers--California--Santa Fe Springs. Department stores--California--Santa Fe Springs. Stores & shops--California--Santa Fe Springs. Grocery stores--California--Santa Fe Springs. Streets--California--Santa Fe Springs. Lost architecture--California--Santa Fe Springs. Dwellings--California--Los Angeles County. Santa Fe Springs (Calif.). Santa Fe Springs (Calif.)--Aerial views. Aerial photographs Jones, A. Quincy(Archie Quincy),1913-1979.
Coverage	1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960
Format	Photographic safety negatives
Credits	Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
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	Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Photo Collection