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Wrecking Sherwood Apartments at 431 S. Grand Avenue, next to Edison Bldg., 1957

Description

Hall lived in the Sherwood (architect: Meyer & Holler, 1913) when he moved to Los Angeles, but relocated to the Cumberland in 1952. The adjacent Southern California Edison purchased and demolished the hotel for an employee parking lot, September 1957.

Type
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Production date
1939-1962.
Call number
Book 3, pg. 12 / Neg. 11304
Creator
Hall, Theodore(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Haines, 1993.
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RESTRICTED: Boxes 2-34: Negatives housed in cold storage; extended retrieval and delivery time required.
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Austin, John C. W. (1870-1963.)
Newsom, Joseph C. (1861-1935.)
Parkinson, John,
Associated organization
Train and Williams (Firm)
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