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Title
Bolton Hall being sought as a museum
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Goldwater, Jeff
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1963
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
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Bolton Hall, built in 1913, was originally used as a community center for the Utopian community of Los Terrenitos. From 1920 until 1957, it was used as an American Legion hall, the San Fernando Valley's second public library, Tujunga City Hall, and a jail. The building sat vacant while the battle to preserve it lasted for more than twenty years. Since 1980, Bolton Hall has been operated by the Little Landers Historical Society as a local history museum. It is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural monument and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (No. 71000159).
Photograph caption dated January 1, 1963 reads "Old stone building was community center of early Sunland-Tujunga." The article partially reads "Armed with new material in a fight to save Sunland-Tujunga's Bolton Hall, the Los Angeles Culture Heritage Board will meet next Friday in Los Angeles."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00135087
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d041_f33_i21
CARL0005606477
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/65319
Subject
Bolton Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Historic preservation--California--Los Angeles
Historic buildings--California--Los Angeles
Municipal buildings--California--Los Angeles
Public buildings--California--Los Angeles
Stone buildings--California--Los Angeles
Trees--California--Los Angeles
Shrubs--California--Los Angeles
Stairs--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Tujunga (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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