Title supplied by cataloger. The Los Angeles Public Library and other municipal departments, as well as offices were housed at City Hall from 1888 until 1928. Other locations where the Los Angeles Public Library has been housed: 17 years in the Downey Block Building (1872-1889); 17 years in City Hall (1889-1906); 2 years in the Homer Laughlin Building (1906-1908); 6 years in the Hamburger Building (1908-1914); 12 years in the Metropolitan Building (1914-1926); 60 years in the Central Library Building (1926-1986); Closed to the public due to devastating fire (1986-1987); 6 years in the Los Angeles Design Center/Title Insurance + Trust Company (1987-1993); Central Library Building (1993-Present). Interior view of a section of the Library referred to as the "Ladies' Room" at City Hall, possibly in the 1890s. It shows a long carpeted room, with several chairs along the walls, and two vertical periodical stands at the front and back of the room. The right side of the room is made up of floor-to-ceiling windows, allowing natural light to flood the room; a hanging lamp adds additional light the room. The library was housed here from1889-1906.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 14 cm. on sheet 21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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