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Title
Early Library at the Metropolitan Building
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Public Library Institutional Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1926
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
The Metropolitan Building, located on 6th and Hill streets, was built in 1913 by architects John Parkinson and G. Edwin Bergstrom, and was demolished in the late 1960s. Other locations where the Los Angeles Public Library has been housed: 17 years in the Downey Block Building (1872-1889); 17 years in City Hall (1889-1906); 2 years in the Homer Laughlin Building (1906-1908); 6 years in the Hamburger Building (1908-1914); 12 years in the Metropolitan Building (1914-1926); 60 years in the Central Library Building* (1926-1986); *Closed to the public due to devastating fire (1986-1987); 6 years in the Los Angeles Design Center/Title Insurance + Trust Company (1987-1993); Central Library Building (1993-Present).
View of the Library's 2nd floor located in the Metropolitan Building. It shows a staircase, which leads to an upper floor (possibly the Metropolitan's 9th floor), housing the Fiction, Science, Literature, and Art departments. Card catalog drawers, shelving units, and tables are visible between supporting columns. This was the library's 5th home, from 1914-1926. Photograph dated: June 16, 1926.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 14 cm. on sheet 21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00078951
Los Angeles Public Library Institutional Collection
LAPL_IPC_b001_f7; A-001-840 4x5
CARL0000080218
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/111565
Subject
Los Angeles Public Library
Metropolitan Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Library shelving--California--Los Angeles
Staircases--California--Los Angeles
Libraries--California--Los Angeles
Parkinson, John,1861-1935
Bergstrom, G. E.(George Edwin),1876-1955

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