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Palmer Conner Collection of Color Slides of Los Angeles
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Slides 651-705
2nd Street and Broadway

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2nd Street and Broadway

Description: Haig M. Prince Building, 145 South Broadway. The turreted Roanoke Building to the right offered office space. Nine floor California State Office Building under construction at right with steel I-beams from Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 4/20/59
Call number: photCL 486
Creator: Conner, Palmer(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Gina Dunseth, 2004.
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