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Title: Thousands gather for State Building dedication ceremony, Los Angeles, 1932
Date Created and/or Issued: July 29, 1932
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
A view of the procession going up South Spring Street toward the State Building. Horses lead a row of cars, possibly transporting the speakers of the ceremony. Throngs of people line the sidewalks.
A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, “State Building Dedicated in Colorful Ceremony,” Los Angeles Times, 30 Jul 1932: A1.
Handwritten on negative: State Bldg
Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles Buildings, State Bldg., Dedication
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5829
ark:/21198/zz002cvxm6
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Spectators--California--Los Angeles
Buildings--California--Los Angeles
Dedications--California--Los Angeles
Parades & processions--California--Los Angeles
State Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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