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Title
Demolishing the Hall of Records
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1973
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Constructed between 1909 and 1911 to the cost of over a million dollars, the 12-story Hall of Records at 220 N. Broadway was demolished in September, 1973.
Old Hall of Records building is being demolished to make way for extension of Civic Center Mall between Broadway and Spring Street.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00032559
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 226
CARL0000034453
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/11432
Subject
Los Angeles County Hall of Records (Los Angeles, Calif. : 1911-1962)
Public buildings--California--Los Angeles
Civic centers--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Demolition--California--Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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