Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Watts Towers
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Accession Number:
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194007
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Order Title:
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Archivision Addition Module EIGHT--6,304 images
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Type of View:
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partialView
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View Title:
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Entrance gate midway in the enclosure wall facing E. 107th Street, detail
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Date of View:
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12/29/2012
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Image description:
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Green glass includes recognizable soft drink bottles from the 1930s through 1950s, some still bearing the former logos of 7 Up, Squirt, Bubble Up, and Canada Dry; blue glass appears to be from milk of magnesia bottles.
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Addition Module EIGHT
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Culture:
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American
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Subject:
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Restoration and conservation
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Work Types:
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built works; towers (single built works)
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Preferred Title:
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Watts Towers
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Agent Display:
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Simon Rodia (American builder, 1879-1965)
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Date:
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1921-1954 (creation)
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Materials:
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steel rebar; concrete; wire mesh; found objects
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Technique:
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metalworking
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Measurement:
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99.5 ft (height, tallest tower)
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Alternate Title:
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Towers of Simon Rodia
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Locations:
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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Location Type:
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(site)
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Style/Period:
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naive art
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Style/Period:
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Twentieth century
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Classification:
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Architecture
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Classification:
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Sculpture
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