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Title
Dawson's Book Shop mural
Alternative Title
Shades of L.A. Photo Collection
Contributor
Shades of L.A. is an archive of photographs representing the contemporary and historic diversity of families in Los Angeles. Images were chosen from family albums and include daily life, social organizations, work, personal and holiday celebrations, and migration and immigration activities. Made possible and accessible through the generous support of the Security Pacific National Bank, Sunlaw Cogeneration Partners, Photo Friends, California Council for the Humanities, the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1952
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and educational use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/orderinguse.html for additional information.
The contents of this collection are restricted to personal, research, and non-commercial use. The Library cannot share the personal and/or contact information of the donors, their descendants, or associates who contributed photographs and oral histories to the collection.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.; Image is a reproduction.
Muir Dawson stands next to mural on the Wilshire Boulevard side of Dawson's Book Shop. The mural was designed by Gile McLaury Steele in 1931 and was restored in 1950. Dawson's Book Shop is located at 627 South Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;23 x 19 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00005424
Shades of L.A. Collection; Shades of L.A.: British American Community
S-011-813 120
CARL0005003242
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/80320
Subject
Dawson, Muir
Dawson's Book Shop
Bookstores--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Murals--California--Los Angeles
Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Shades of L.A. Collection photographs
Steele, Gile
Source
Dawson, Muir.

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