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Title
Church of the Angels
Alternative Title
Works Progress Administration Photo Collection
Creator
Burt, Burton O
Date Created and/or Issued
1939
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Exterior view of Church of the Angels, located at 1100 Avenue 64 in Pasadena. Shows clock on bell tower and main entrance. The church is faced in sandstone mined from San Fernando Valley quarries and the interior walls are of red pressed brick. Modeled after Holmby St. Mary's Church near Dorky, Surrey, England, the church was designed by English architect Arthur Edmund Street and built by local architect Ernest Coxhead. The cornerstone was laid on April 20, 1889. Until 1899 this area of Pasadena was known as Garvanza. Photo dated: July 18, 1939.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00073956
Works Progress Administration Collection
WPA (5073); Pasadena-Churches-Church of the Angels.
CARL0000076793
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/115282
Subject
Church of the Angels (Pasadena, Calif.)
Church buildings--California--Pasadena
Architecture--California--Pasadena--English influences
Towers--California--Pasadena
Coxhead, Ernest A.,1863-1933
Pasadena (Calif.)

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