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Originally Posted by Flyingwedge
Is this the Engstrum under construction? The State Normal School appears to be in the background, and the house and the
three-story building next to it both seem to match the USC aerial above:
Sept 1911 Architect and Engineer of CA @ Internet Archive |
What a wonderful photo
FW! The Gerald Apartments, eh? We've only ever seen the construction of the Engstrum from a distance before:
Quote:
Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Another beautiful 6 x 8 glass negative on ebay for the next 5 days.
Below: Notice the Glengarry and the Maryland Apartments, as well as the State Normal School.
(detail) |
I don't think the Engstrum building and demo permits have been posted. $160K to put it up and $225K to pull it down:
permits via ladbs
P.S.
Frederick Edgar Engstrum (1874-1923) is buried with other family members at Inglewood Park Cemetery:
findagrave
Swede Franz Otto Engstrum (1848-1920), Frederick's father, was president of the firm
(there was another son, Paul, who was a wastrel. Daughter Blanche was married to HW Bryson):
la herald, 1909
The works are still (sort of) there:
gsv
...and just as
CBD said:
la herald, 1913
la herald 20 dec 1915