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Title
Hall of Justice, Post Office, Health Building, City Hall, panoramic view 1
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Creator
Pettit's Studio
Date Created and/or Issued
1946
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Allied Architects designed the Hall of Justice in 1922. The Federal Building-U.S. Post Office Building was designed by architects Gilbert Stanley Underwood and Louis A. Simon and was built between 1937-1940, at a cost of over $8 million dollars. Los Angeles City Hall was designed by John and Donald Parkinson, John C. Austin, and Albert C. Martin, and was completed in 1928.
View 1: Partial view of a panoramic photo showing several important buildings: Hall of Justice, Post Office, Health Building and City Hall; the Steven M. White statue can be seen on the lower right corner. The street seen on the left of the photo is Broadway, which leads into the tunnel; the other visible street in front of the Hall of Justice is Temple Street.; To see right side of panoramic photo see #00076174.; This photo is one half of a larger panoramic view, which has been cropped to show only the buildings. Original photograph shows a woman's hand holding each side of the panoramic open.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;7 x 17 cm on sheet 21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00076175
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Buildings-Civic Center.; S-001-153.1 8x10
CARL0000079221
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/111120
Subject
Los Angeles County Hall of Justice
United States Court House and Post Office (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles County (Calif.).--Dept. of Health Services
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Municipal government--Records and correspondence
Central business districts--California--Los Angeles
Public buildings--California--Los Angeles
City halls--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Underwood, Gilbert Stanley
Simon, Louis A.(Louis Adolphe),d. 1958
Parkinson, John,1861-1935
Parkinson, Donald B.(Donald Berthold),1895-1945
Austin, John C. W.(John Corneby Wilson),1870-1963
Martin, Albert C.,1879-1960
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Allied Architects Association of Los Angeles

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