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Title: Declaration of Independence, Los Angeles County Hall of Administration
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Creator: Harris, L. Mildred
Date Created and/or Issued: 1961
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: Title supplied by cataloger.
A gold-colored terra cotta figure above the southern entrance of Los Angeles County Hall of Administration (later renamed the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration) representing one of the legal traditions upon which America was founded. Designed by Albert Stewart, this depicts Thomas Jefferson standing over a ship, embodying the Declaration of Independence. Dated March 24, 1961.
Type: Image
Format: 1 slide :color ;5 x 5 cm.
Photographic color slides
Identifier: 00110168
L. Mildred Harris Slide Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
GPC_b94_f2_i24
CARL0005477613
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/124035
Subject: Jefferson, Thomas,--1743-1826--Art
United States.--Declaration of Independence--Art
Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration
Statues--California--Los Angeles
Public buildings--California--Los Angeles
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Slides
Stewart, Albert,1900-1965
Stanton, J. E
Wilson, Adrian
Williams, Paul R.,1894-1980
Austin, Field & Fry
Time Period: 1961-1970

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