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Title: Exterior view of San Pedro Branch Library
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Public Library Institutional Photo Collection
Creator: Phillips
Date Created and/or Issued: 1949
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: Exterior of the fourth building to house the San Pedro Banch Library. This 6,000 sq. ft. structure, designed by San Pedro architect James H. Friend, cost $125,000 to build and furnish, and was the first branch to be built after a ten year break in city library construction. Near the center of the image, on the upper right side of the building, is a mural that depicts the San Pedro Harbor as it appeared in 1850.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00059806
Los Angeles Public Library Institutional Collection
LAPL_IPC_b061_f1; C- 5(293)
CARL0000063858
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/104957
Subject: San Pedro Regional Library (San Pedro, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Branch libraries--California--San Pedro (Los Angeles)
Murals--California--San Pedro (Los Angeles)
Streets--California--San Pedro (Los Angeles)
Lost architecture--California--San Pedro (Los Angeles)
Friend, James H
San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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