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Los Angeles Times building construction, 2nd and Spring, Los Angeles. July, 1947

Description: An elevated view of construction on a new Los Angeles Times building at the corner of 2nd and Spring in Los Angeles. The building is a steel frame, about six stories, with cranes mounted on the top. A sign at the corner of the construction site reads "P.J. Walker Company Builders". Trucks are parked on the street next to the site with building supplies. The older L.A. Times buildings are on the right. Information about the building construction is on the bottom right corner.
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Date: July 1947
Call number: photCL Whitt 1227 ; Whitt neg. 1826
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Los Angeles Times building construction, 2nd and Spring, Los Angeles. February, 1948

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An elevated view of construction on a new Los Angeles Times building at the corner of 2nd and Spring in Los Angeles. The building is a windowless concrete frame, about ten stories, with wood scaffolding around the top two floors and down the whole right side of the building. Signs at the corner of the construction site read "Rowland H. Crawford Architect" and "P.J. Walker Company Builders". Trucks are parked on the street next to the site with building supplies. The older L.A. Times buildings are on the right. Information about the building construction is on the bottom left corner.

photCL Whitt 1229 ; Whitt neg. 1848

Los Angeles Times building construction, 2nd and Spring, Los Angeles. 1948

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An elevated view of a newly constructed Los Angeles Times building at the corner of 2nd and Spring in Los Angeles. "The Mirror" is carved above the main entrance and is on a sign on the sidewalk outside the building. The older L.A. Times buildings are on the right. Information about the building construction is on the bottom right corner. There are automobiles and a bus parked and in motion on the streets.

photCL Whitt 1231 ; Whitt neg. 1846

Los Angeles Times building construction, Spring between 1st and 2nd, Los Angeles. 1946

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A street view of the Los Angeles Times Building, on Spring between 1st and 2nd in Los Angeles, during construction. A sign on the side of the construction site reads "P.J. Walker Company Builders". There are two trucks with stacks of pipes on the flatbeds parked next to the building and a street car at the far right. The adjacent building also belongs to the L.A. Times.

photCL Whitt 1225 ; Whitt neg. 1456

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Fourth Los Angeles Times Building Construction

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Construction files for the fourth Los Angeles Times building. This sub-series has been divided into two parts: The first is financial statements and construction vouchers from contractor P.J. Walker and architect Gordon P. Kaufmann. The second part is bid and contract files which detail the costs and specifications for every component of the building's construction. The bid and contract files, which include a substantial amount of correspondence and memoranda from H.E. Downing and Jacob Baum, were numbered and indexed at the time they were created. The numbering system is maintained in the current arrangement. Date range is 1928-1951.

Aftermath of the bombing of the Los Angeles Times Building

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A view of the bombed Los Angeles times building with smoke still rising from the site. There is a policeman and a few spectators in the foreground.

photCL Pierce 00086

Newspaper bundling, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

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Workers stand near a machine that clamps bundles of newspapers and wraps them with twine or string at the Los Angeles Times. The worker on the right waits with an untied bundle of newspapers and a pipe in his mouth.

photCL Whitt 1452 ; Whitt neg. 1234

Los Angeles Times building construction, 2nd and Spring, Los Angeles. July, 1947

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