First shovelful of dirt is wielded by Chief Justice Earl Warren during ground-breaking ceremonies for $17,000,000 county courthouse here in Los Angeles, 1954
Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
"First shovel of dirt is wielded by Chief Justice Earl Warren during ground-breaking ceremonies for $17,000,000 county courthouse here. Observing are (from left) California Associate Justice John W. Shenk, District Attorney Ernest Roll, Municipal Judge Clarence Stephens, Superior Court Judge Philip Richards, County Supervisor Herbert Legg, Sheriff Biscailuz and Supervisors John A. Ford, Roger Jessup, Ken Hahn (with son, Jimmy, 3)" -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated, "March 27, 1954". Verso dated, "March 27, 1954". Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Los Angeles--City--Buildings--County Courthouse, New Shenk, John W Roll, Ernest Stephens, Clarence Legg, Herbert Biscailuz, Mr Ford, John Anson Jessup, Roger Hahn, Kenneth Warren, Earl, 1891-1974 Richards, Philip H., 1894- Hahn, Jimmy
Time Period
circa 1954-05-27
Place
-118.24712,34.05647 -118.24506,34.05516 -118.2457,34.05449 -118.24763,34.05574 111 North Hill Street California Los Angeles USA
Source
3-1275-02805-9674 [Barcode] EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-736 [Original Filename] Subjects 320 [Print Box] University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
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