Visual Materials

At the Los Angeles Airport

Description: Passengers boarding an American Airlines DC-7 aircraft at Los Angeles Airport. This is the Flagship Wisconsin, fleet number 323 on the nose landing gear door. A Volkwagen panel van is to the right.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 11/26/57
Call number: photCL 486
Creator: Conner, Palmer(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Gina Dunseth, 2004.
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Last days of 330 North Main Street, Los Angeles

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Couples walking by "La Azteca" Joyeria Mexicana at 330 North Main Street. Grand Central Hotel next door has been demolished. The Los Angeles Gas Company's natural gas storage tank visible in background at left.

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Los Angeles Central Library and nearby structures

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Looking southeast at the Flower and 5th Streets intersection towards Los Angeles Central Library. Steel skyscraper, 515 South Flower Street, of City National Plaza (formerly ARCO Plaza) taking form at right. Church of the Open Door, with its Jesus Saves rooftop sign, to the right of the library. Crocker Citizens Bank skyscraper towers over its neigbors.

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Angels Flight

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Angels Flight's Beaux Arts funicular station house with Moose Lodge next door.

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Los Angeles Airport: manuscript

Manuscripts

The manuscript, written by Sherwood, covers the history of the Los Angeles International Airport, from the initial $12,500 airport bond issue presented by LA Mayor Fletcher Bowron in 1945 to the airport as it stood in 1979. Sherwood talks about the history of aviation and passenger air travel in California, the choice for the location of the airport, and the difficulties overcome in its construction. Also included are several black and white photographs as well as a blueprint: "Ultimate Boundaries of the Los Angeles Airport" (1945, March). Sherwood also talks about various airlines coming to the new airport. The scrapbook contains 70 pages of newspaper clippings all related to the airport bond issue of 1945.