First opened in 1873, Los Angeles High School Los Angeles High School is the oldest public high school in the Southern California Region. Early buildings commissioned to house the Los Angeles High School were among the architectural jewels of the city, and were strategically placed at the summit of a hill. The building in this photograph was completed in 1917. View facing south, from unpaved Rimpau Blvd. and, possibly, west 9th Street, across an open, unbuilt area, towards Los Angeles High school in the distance. A billboard sign in the foreground reads: Vesta, Double Life Storage Batteries, Los Angeles Ignition Works, 1006-10 S. Broadway. Written on back of photo: Wilshire and Rimpau Blvds., South on Rimpau. #6319. Nov., 1919. Los Angeles High School, Olympic and Rimpau, (shown in the distance). Photo stamp: This print may not be used without written permission from the California Historical Society / Ticor Title Insurance (Los Angeles) Collection of Historical Photographs.
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uclalsc_1889_b17_f02_003a.tif ark:/21198/z15t53nc
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Schools Los Angeles High School (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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