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Title
LAPL Central Library construction site, early view
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Public Library Institutional Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1924
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
The California State Normal School was a teaching college that was founded on May 2, 1862 in San Jose. In March 1881, after heavy lobbying by Los Angeles residents, the California State Legislature authorized the creation of a southern branch of the school to be built in downtown Los Angeles, which would train teachers for the growing population of Southern California. On August 29, 1882, the State Normal School at Los Angeles opened its doors, and in 1919 it became part of the "UC system" and was absorbed into UCLA, moving to a larger campus on Vermont Ave., in Hollywood (the present site of L.A. City College). The L.A. Public Library would take the old Normal School site, which was located on 5th Street between Grand and Flower streets. Designed by architects Bertram G. Goodhue and Carlton M. Winslow, it would eventually be constructed between 1922-1926.
This is the site of the former Los Angeles State Normal School, and future site of Central Library of the Los Angeles Public Library. The area has been dug out for the foundation, and work is well under way as construction vehicles make their way in and out of the site, though in this photograph a lone cart sits near a gravel wall. Apartment buildings are visible in the background, on higher ground. Photograph dated: March 18, 1924.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;13 x 18 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00084787
Los Angeles Public Library Institutional Collection
LAPL_IPC_b002_f1
CARL0004763022
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/112893
Subject
Los Angeles Public Library
Apartment houses--California--Los Angeles
Excavating machinery--California--Los Angeles
Building sites--California--Los Angeles
Hotels--California--Los Angeles
Apartment hotels--California--Los Angeles

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