Title supplied by cataloger. The California State Normal School was a teaching college that was founded on May 2, 1862 in San Jose. In March 1881, after heavy lobbying by Los Angeles residents, the California State Legislature authorized the creation of a southern branch of the school to be built in downtown Los Angeles, which would train teachers for the growing population of Southern California. On August 29, 1882, the State Normal School at Los Angeles opened its doors, and in 1919 it became part of the "UC system" and was absorbed into UCLA, moving to a larger campus on Vermont Ave., in Hollywood (the present site of L.A. City College). The L.A. Public Library would take the old Normal School site, which was located on 5th Street between Grand and Flower streets. Designed by architects Bertram G. Goodhue and Carlton M. Winslow, it would eventually be constructed between 1922-1926. View 25: Photograph shows excavated site of the former Los Angeles State Normal School, and future site of the Los Angeles Public Library. The area has been dug out for the foundation and work is well under way as sections get plotted and surveyed. Several people can be seen scattered around, and the shadow of three men is visible on the lower portion of the photograph. Apartment houses and other businesses can be seen along the perimeter of the excavation site. Photograph dated: November 26, 1924.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;17 x 24 cm. on sheet 21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles Public Library Construction workers--California--Los Angeles Apartment houses--California--Los Angeles Building sites--California--Los Angeles Foundations--California--Los Angeles Apartment hotels--California--Los Angeles Surveys--Plotting
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