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Identifier	post_00368
Title	Los Angeles Investment Co. Building, Los Angeles, Cal.
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	circa 1910
Subject (Topic)	Bank buildings--California--Los Angeles; Banks--California--Los Angeles; Financial facilities--California--Los Angeles; Sidewalks; Automobiles; Flags
Subject (Name)	Los Angeles Investment Company (Los Angeles, Calif.); Garrick Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Subject (Place)	Broadway (Los Angeles, Calif.); Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 14 x 9 cm
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/#d.en.3004
Publisher	Souvenir Publishing Co.
Place of Publication	Los Angeles & San Francisco
Language	eng
Description	Exterior view of the Los Angeles Investment Company located on Broadway. The Garrick Theatre was located across from the building.
Historical Background	This 13-story building was named after the Los Angeles Investment Company, a major landowner, builder, and housing developer in the early 20th century. It was designed by Ernest McConnell, who worked as the in-house architect and also designed several historic downtown buildings for the company. This famous Beaux Arts style building was later sold to a wealthy rancher and capitalist, Charles Chapman, after it went through a financial problem in the mid-1910s. Located to the north of the Los Angeles Investment Company was the noted Garland building designed by Morgan, Walls & Morgan in the Beaux Arts style and housed the Morosco Theatre, now known as the Globe Theatre.
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection