May Company Department Store Building, 6067 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

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May Company Department Store Building, 6067 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

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Summary

Significance: The May Company Department Store on Wilhsire openly indicates how the building's location at the busy corner of Wilshire Blvd. and Fairfax Ave. is to be exploited as a sign in this case as gold mosaic-covered corner portion which suggests an expensive bottle of perfume. The real entrance to the building is to the north off of the extensive ground level parking lot.
Survey number: HABS CA-2031
Building/structure dates: 1939-1940 Initial Construction

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Date

1940 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
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Location

Los Angeles, California, United States34.06340, -118.36084
Google Map of 34.0634047, -118.3608391
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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