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Title
Exterior view of Los Angeles City Hall under construction, showing framework for the entire building, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued
1928
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of Los Angeles City Hall under construction, showing framework for the entire building, 1928. City Hall sits at center, with all but its lowest stories defined by an open framework of beams. A white facade has been applied to the ground level of the building, as well as to portions of the right side. Other buildings of downtown can be seen in the foreground and to the left, including the "Bank of Italy. International Branch" and the "[L]os Angeles [Dai]ly Journal".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegatives, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m1852
USC-0-1-1-1904 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-31220...-36632
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1852
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-31220.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles City--Architecture--Public Buildings--City halls
Los Angeles City Hall
Public buildings
Buildings
Time Period
1920/1929
1928
Place
California
Los Angeles
Spring Street
USA
Source
1-63- [Microfiche number]
31220; 36632 [Accession number]
CHS-31220; CHS-36632 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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