Oviatt Building penthouse patio, Los Angeles, 1930

Description: Text from negative sleeve: Oviatt, James.
The Oviatt Building (617 South Olive St; constructed 1927-1928) was designed for the clothier, James Zera Oviatt, a partner in the establishment, Alexander and Oviatt. The penthouse was decorated by the Paris interior design firm, Saddler et fils.
View of a patio at the penthouse atop the Oviatt Building. A man and a woman are seated on the stairs.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: James Oviatt home atop Alexander & Oviatt Bldg.
Photo caption: Comforts at high level; exterior and interior of living-room of James Oviatt home atop the height-limit building of Alexander & Oviatt ("Castle in air houses Oviatt," Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 1930: A3).

Genre: black-and-white photographs
news photographs
Names: Oviatt Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.047733
Latitude: -118.254701
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles
Penthouses--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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