Bullard Building at the beginning of its demolition, Los Angeles, 1925

Item Overview

Title

Bullard Building at the beginning of its demolition, Los Angeles, 1925

Date Created

[circa December 23, 1925]

Date

1925-12-23

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

English

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

This photograph appears in "Clearing of City Hall Site Begins: Small Army of Workmen Tearing Down Bullard Building," Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec 1925: A2
Bullard Building was built in 1899 by Dr. James H. Bullard at 156 North Spring Street, and had the first elevators in the city. It was torn down to build City Hall in its place in 1925.
Bullard Building, photographed from the corner of Court Street and North Spring Street.

Caption

Carved over doorway: J. A. BULLARD
Text on negative sleeve: BULLARD BUILDING
Street signs: N. SPRING ST; COURT ST.
Partial text on parking sign: NO PARKING [illegible] P.M. to [illegible] P.M. PARKING 45 MIN 7:00 A.M to [illegible] P.M.
Handwritten on negative: Bullard Bldg
Text on banners on first floor: 154 N TRIBE DAIRY LUNCH 154
Partial text from posters in windows on first floor: "MASON, XMAS DAY, BERT LYTELL HIMSELF, SILENCE"

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Bullard Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.0535927

Latitude

-118.2449619

Resource type

still image

Subjects

City planning--California--Los Angeles
Street signs--California
Buildings--California--Los Angeles
Posters