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Title
Library work under way
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
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
1962
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 caption dated May 4, 1962 reads, "Edward C. Perry, left, Burbank city librarian, discusses plans for the city's new million-dollar main library project with Mayor Charles E. Compton, right, following ground breaking ceremonies Wednesday at the construction site of Glenoaks Blvd. between Olive and Orange Grove Aves. William J. Shirely, center, appears eager to start construction on the capital improvement project slated for completion in June, 1963. The 40,000-square-foot building will house more than 200,000 volumes."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00121010
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d025_f6_i5
CARL0005397154
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/54149
Subject
Burbank Public Library (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Burbank Public Library (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)--Officials and employees
Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Construction projects--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Library directors--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Blueprints--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Mayors--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Building sites--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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