Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes. This Hall of Records was built in 1906 and demolished in 1973. Photograph article dated February 4, 1953 reads, "Ticklish Job - Workmen (arrows) remove several large chunks of concrete ginger bread from top of Hall of Records here. The operation, made necessary because an earthquake shook some of the masonry loose, is being done at a cost of $46,000."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;33 x 28 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles County Hall of Records (Los Angeles, Calif. : 1911-1962) Architecture--Conservation and restoration--California--Los Angeles Municipal buildings--California--Los Angeles Balconies--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Cornices Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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