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Title
Hollywood High Science building
Alternative Title
Works Progress Administration Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1939
Publication Information
Marsh, Smith & Powell.; Federal Writers' Project
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
View of the entrance to the Science Building at Hollywood High School, designed by the architectural firm of Marsh, Smith & Powell and built in 1935 at a cost of $180,000. The sculptured pylon was dedicated in June 1936 as a memorial to the graduating class of 1936. Merrell Gage was the sculptor. The figures in the frieze represent activities of high school life. November 24, 1939.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00071294
Works Progress Administration Collection
WPA 8024 4x5
CARL0000074722
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/3054
Subject
Hollywood High School (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Schools--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
High schools--California--Los Angeles
Stairs--California--Los Angeles
Sculpture--California--Los Angeles
Friezes--California--Los Angeles
Works Progress Administration Collection photographs
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Gage, Merrell,b.1892-

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