Title supplied by cataloger. The Metropolitan Building, located on 6th and Hill streets, was built in 1913 by architects John Parkinson and G. Edwin Bergstrom, and was demolished in the late 1960s. 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). View of the Library's Music Room located in the Metropolitan Building. It shows a close-up of numerous shelving units which look similar to card catalog drawers, that house music instruction books along both walls. One book "case" has been pulled out of its cubby and has been placed vertically atop another; a third case has been partially pulled out and left open, showing six thin music books. This was the library's 5th home, from 1914-1926. Photograph dated: June 16, 1926.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles Public Library Metropolitan Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Library shelving--California--Los Angeles Bookcases--California--Los Angeles Libraries--California--Los Angeles Books--California--Los Angeles Parkinson, John,1861-1935 Bergstrom, G. E.(George Edwin),1876-1955 Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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