Image reproduced for an article dated: January 3, 1953. Rear exterior view of the first Los Angeles County Courthouse (built 1891), also as known as the "Red Sandstone Courthouse," located at Spring and Temple. This building served as the courthouse until 1933, when it sustained damage in the Long Beach earthquake, and was demolished in 1936. The statue of Stephen White (1853-1901), who was a district attorney and US Senator, can be seen in the foreground.
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