Finding Aid to the Los Angeles County Public and Corporate Architecture Photographs Compiled by the Contracting Firm of Beyer
& Abrahamson
Michele Loran
The Bancroft Library
2016
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: [Los Angeles County public and corporate architecture photographs compiled by the contracting firm of Beyer & Abrahamson]
creator:
Beyer & Abrahamson
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 2014.185
Physical Description:
approximately 140 photographs
in 1 box and 1 oversize folder
: chiefly gelatin silver prints
; sheets chiefly 21 x 16 cm (8 x 10 format)
Date (inclusive): 1935-1966
Abstract: Chiefly professional photographs documenting various Los Angeles area buildings constructed by the firm of Beyer & Abrahamson.
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction
of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions,
privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Los Angeles County public and corporate architecture photographs compiled by the contracting firm
of Beyer & Abrahamson, BANC PIC 2014.185, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Los Angeles County public and corporate architecture photographs compiled by the contracting firm of Beyer & Abrahamson
were purchased by The Bancroft Library from Michael Maslan in 2014.
Scope and Content
Chiefly professional photographs documenting various Los Angeles area buildings presumably constructed by the firm of Beyer
& Abrahamson. Types of buildings depicted include schools, post offices, hospitals, housing projects, and office buildings
and other facilities of utility companies and military agencies. Most buildings depicted during or shortly after construction.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Architecture -- California -- Los Angeles -- Design and construction -- Photographs
Public buildings
Commercial buildings
Beyer & Abrahamson
item 1
Inglewood Post Office. Nov. 6, 1935,
1935
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Lindburg Studio.
item 2
New U.S. Post Office of Inglewood, California. Nov. 7, 1935,
1935
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Lindburg Studio.
item 3
Long Beach Post Office. Finish Tower,
1935
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Mayson W. Shouler Studios.
item 4
Lafayette Junior High Administration Building,
1936
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 5
Lafayette Junior High Administration Building,
1936
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Mayson W. Shouler Studios.
item 6
Mount Vernon Junior High Gymnasium,
1936
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Mayson W. Shouler Studios.
item 7
Venice High School Shop. #2,
1936
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 8
Venice High School Shop. #3,
1936
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Lindburg Studio.
item 9
Hoover Street School,
1937
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 10
Roosevelt High. Classroom Building,
1937
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Mayson W. Shouler Studios.
item 11
Roosevelt High. Classroom Building,
1937
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Mayson W. Shouler Studios.
item 12
Vermont Avenue School,
1937
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Keystone Photo Service.
item 13
Vermont Avenue School,
1937
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Keystone Photo Service.
item 14
Loreto Street School. Classroom and Auditorium Building,
1938
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Mayson W. Shouler Studios.
item 15
Loreto Street Elementary School. Classroom and Auditorium Building. Hallway. [Contractor: Theo A. Beyer Corp., per slip adhered
to back of photo.],
1938
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 16
Glendale Board of Education. Warehouse,
1939
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 17
North Hollywood Junior High School. Six Buildings,
1939
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Mayson W. Shouler Studios.
item 18
North Hollywood Junior High School. Administration Building,
1939
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 19
North Hollywood Junior High School. Science Building,
1939
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 20
North Hollywood Junior High School. Physical Education Building,
1939
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 21
North Hollywood Junior High School. Shop E,
1939
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 22
North Hollywood Junior High School. Shop F,
1939
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 23
North Hollywood Junior High School. Cafeteria,
1939
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 24
Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High School. Auditorium,
1940
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 25
Woodrow Wilson High School. Administration Building,
1940
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 26
Abraham Lincoln High. Physical Education Building. Rode Photo Service,
1941
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 27
Abraham Lincoln High. Physical Education Building,
1941
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Rode Photo Service.
item 28
Associated Telephone Company. Long Beach, California,
1947
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 29
Associated Telephone Company. Long Beach, California,
1947
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: The Inman Company.
item 30
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Long Beach, California,
1947
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 31
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Long Beach, California,
1947
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Julius R. Young.
item 32
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Beyer and Abrahamson, General Contractors. Gardena Building. Nov. 29, 1948,
1948
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Modernage Photo Service.
item 33
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Beyer and Abrahamson, General Contractors. Gardena Building. Nov. 29, 1948,
1948
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Modernage Photo Service.
item 34
Store for George Elkins. Jerry Rothschild Store. Alley Elevation. Beyer and Abrahamson, General Contractors. Beverly Hills,
California,
1948
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 35
Store for George Elkins. Jerry Rothschild Store. Front Elevation. Beyer and Abrahamson, General Contractors. Beverly Hills,
California,
1948
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 36
Mitchell Stores. Long Beach, California,
1948
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Modernage Photo Service.
item 37
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Oxford Building. Beyer and Abrahamson, General Contractors. Beverly Hills, California.
Nov. 14, 1947,
1948
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 38
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Beverly Hills, California,
1948
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 39
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Wilmington Building. Beyer and Abrahamson, General Contractors. Wilmington, California.
April 1948,
1948
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Modernage Photo Service.
item 40
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Wilmington Building. Beyer and Abrahamson, General Contractors. Wilmington, California.
April 1948,
1948
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Modernage Photo Service.
item 41
Starr King School. Long Beach, California,
1948
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Gelder Studio.
item 42
Starr King School. Long Beach, California,
1948
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 43
Associated Telephone Building. West Los Angeles,
1948-1949
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 44
Associated Telephone Company, Ltd. Hermosa. Redondo Building,
1949
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Gray's Photography.
item 45
Associated Telephone Company, Ltd. Hermosa. Redondo Building,
1949
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Gray's Photography.
item 46
Associated Telephone Building. Huntington Beach, California,
1950
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Roy Cline.
item 47
Associated Telephone Building. Laguna Beach, California,
1950
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Roy Cline.
item 48
Associated Telephone Building. Laguna Beach, California,
1950
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Roy Cline.
item 49
California National Guard. Type ""I"" Armory. Ontario, California,
1950
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 50
California National Guard. Type ""I"" Armory. Ontario, California,
1950
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 51
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Addition to Compton Building. 608 East Compton Boulevard. Compton, California. August
1951,
1951
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 52
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Addition to Compton Building. 608 East Compton Boulevard. Compton, California. August
1951,
1951
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 53
Associated Telephone Building. Downey, California,
1951
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 54
Associated Telephone Company, Ltd. Santa Monica Building,
1951
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 55
California Air National Guard. Four Buildings and Utilities. Van Nuys, California,
1951
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 56
California Air National Guard. Four Buildings and Utilities. Van Nuys, California,
1951
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 57
California Air National Guard. Four Buildings and Utilities. Van Nuys, California,
1951
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 58
California Air National Guard. Four Buildings and Utilities. Van Nuys, California,
1951
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 59
California Air National Guard. Four Buildings and Utilities. Van Nuys, California,
1951
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 60
Associated Telephone Company, Ltd. Whittier Poleyard,
1952
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 61
Associated Telephone Company, Ltd. Whittier Poleyard,
1952
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 62
Associated Telephone Company, Ltd. Whittier Poleyard,
1952
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 63
Associated Telephone Company, Ltd. Whittier Poleyard,
1952
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 64
Associated Telephone Company, Ltd. Whittier Poleyard,
1952
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 65
Associated Telephone Company, Ltd. Whittier Poleyard,
1952
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 66
Associated Telephone Company, Ltd. Whittier Poleyard,
1952
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 67
Associated Telephone Company, Ltd. Whittier Poleyard,
1952
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 68
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Lomita Building. 25624 Walnut Street. Lomita, California. Oct. 8, 1952,
1952
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 69
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. 1952 Alteration. Hollywood Building. 1429 North Gower Street. Los Angeles, California.
Oct. 1, 1952,
1952
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 70
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Addition to Reseda Building. 6843 Reseda Boulevard. Reseda, California. Feb. 29,
1952,
1952
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 71
U.S. Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center. Compton, California,
1952
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 72
Associated Telephone Company, Ltd. Norwalk Building,
1953
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 73
General Telephone Company. Oxnard Building,
1953
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 74
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. 1952 Alteration. Hollywood Building. 1429 North Gower Street. Los Angeles, California.
Feb. 3, 1953,
1953
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 75
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. 1953 Addition to Hollywood Garage Building. 6105 De Longpre Avenue. Hollywood, California.
Sept. 29, 1953,
1953
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 76
General Telephone Building. Baldwin Park, California,
1954
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 77
General Telephone Building. Bel Air, California,
1954
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 78
General Telephone Building. 1954 Addition. West Los Angeles,
1954
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 79
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. 1954 Addition to Anaheim Building,
1954
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Renwood Studio.
item 80
Mead Building. Beverly Hills, California,
1954
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 81
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Kester Building Addition,
1955
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 82
Pacific Telephone Company. North Hollywood Addition. $100,000.00,
1955
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 83
General Telephone Building. Norwalk, California,
1956
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 84
General Telephone Company. Puente Equipment Building,
1956
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 85
General Telephone Company. Westminster, California,
1956
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 86
Pacific Telephone Building. (Only part shown in photo.) $1,500,000.00 Anaheim, California,
1956
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 87
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Huntington Park, California,
1956
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 88
Pacific Telephone Building. Cedros Company Building. Van Nuys,
1956
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 89
General Telephone Store Room and Pole Yard. Pomona, California,
1956-1957
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 90
General Telephone Store Room and Pole Yard. Pomona, California,
1956-1957
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 91
Pacific Telephone Building. Plymouth. Los Angeles, California,
1957
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 92
General Telephone Building. Pomona, California,
1957-1958
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 93
General Telephone Building. Ontario, California. Able Photo Service,
1958
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 94
General Telephone Building. Walnut, California,
1958
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 95
Granada Hills High School. Granada Hills, California,
1958-1959
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 96
Pacific Telephone Building. Reseda, California,
1958-1959
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 97
General Telephone Building. Rowland, California,
1959
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 98
Pacific Telephone Building. Newhall, California,
1959
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 99
George Elkins Office Building. Beverly Hills, California,
1960
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 100
Pacific Telephone Community Building. Beverly Hills, California,
1960
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 101
Pacific Telephone Building. Northridge, California,
1960
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 102
Pacific Telephone Building. Beverly Hills, California,
1960-1961
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 103
General Telephone Installation and Repair Yard. West Los Angeles,
1961
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 104
Pacific Telephone Community Office. Pleasant. Los Angeles,
1961
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 105
General Telephone Equipment Building. El Rio, California,
1962
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 106
Department Water and Power. Los Angeles, California,
1963
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Ron Farquhar.
item 107
Pacific Telephone Building. Garden Grove, California,
1963
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Ron Farquhar.
item 108
General Telephone building. Culver City, California,
1964
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Ron Farquhar.
item 109
Pacific Telephone Company. San Clemente, California,
1964
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 110
Pacific Telephone Building. Van Nuys, California,
1964
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Ron Farquhar.
item 111
General Telephone Company. Long Beach Uptown Company Building,
1966
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 112
General Telephone Company. Playa Del Rey Company Building,
1966
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 113
[Unidentified building exterior with scaffolding. Older residential bungalows in foreground.],
[approximately 1935-1940]
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Tunick and Tunick.
item 114
General Telephone Company. Puente Equipment Building,
undated
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 115
[Exterior of George Elkins Company building on Santa Monica Blvd.],
[approximately 1955?]
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
item 116
[Exterior of George Elkins Company building on Santa Monica Blvd.: duplicate copy],
[approximately 1955?]
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Photographer: Able Photo Service.
Note
Duplicate of item 115.
item 117--AX
General Telephone Building. Pomona C.O. Building. 1957-1958. $3,000,000,
1957?
Physical Description:
1 photograph
Note
Frashers Fotos.
item 118--AX
3763 Floresta Way, Los Angeles,
1937
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 119--AX
3763 Floresta Way, Los Angeles,
1937
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 120--AX
3763 Floresta Way, Los Angeles,
1937
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 121--AX
Vermont Avenue School. First Floor West Wing Corridor,
undated
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 122--AX
Administration and Treatment Building. State Hospital. SPADRA,
1940
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 123--AX
Truman Boyd Manor. Housing Project California. 4807 at Long Beach,
1944
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 124--AX
Truman Boyd Manor. Housing Project California. 4807 at Long Beach,
1944
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 125--AX
Truman Boyd Manor. 1000 Unit War Housing Project California. 4807 at Long Beach,
1944
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 126--AX
Truman Boyd Manor. Housing Project California. 4807 at Long Beach,
1944
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 127--AX
Truman Boyd Manor. Housing Project California. 4807 at Long Beach,
1944
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 128--AX
Ships Service Building. Auditorium. Gymnasium. Corona Naval Hospital. September 25, 1945,
1945
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 129--AX
Auditorium. Corona Naval Hospital. September 28, 1945,
1945
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 130--AX
Auditorium. Gymnasium, Ships Service Building and Ships Service Storehouse. Corona Naval Hospital. September 28, 1945,
1945
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 131--AX
Ships Service Building. Ships Service Storehouse. Auditorium and Gymnasium. Corona Naval Hospital. September 25, 1945,
1945
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 132--AX
Corona Naval Hospital. Gymnasium Steel Arches. September 25, 1945,
1945
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 133--AX
Ships Service Storehouse. Corona Naval Hospital. September 28, 1945,
1945
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 134--AX
Gymnasium Steel Arches. Corona Naval Hospital. September 28, 1945,
1945
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 135--AX
St. Francis Hospital. Lynwood, California,
1945
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 136--AX
St. Francis Hospital. Lynwood, California,
1945
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 137--AX
St. Francis Hospital. Lynwood, California,
1945
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 138--AX
St. Francis Hospital. Lynwood, California,
undated
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 139--AX
Clippings pertaining to Associated Telephone Company Building in West Los Angeles,
undated
Physical Description:
1 photograph