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Title: Dedication ceremony for the State Building in new Civic Center, Los Angeles, 1932
Date Created and/or Issued: July 29, 1932
1932-07-29
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 Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Thousands gather along South Spring Street to view dedication ceremony of State Building. The row of buildings, from left to right: State Building, Hall of Records, Los Angeles County Courthouse, Hall of Justice.
This photograph appears with the article, “State Building Dedicated in Colorful Ceremony,” Los Angeles Times, 30 Jul 1932: A1.
Handwritten on negative: State Bldg
Text from newspaper caption: Scenes at Formal Opening Exercises of New State Edifice Attended by 15,000 Spectators; Monument Erected to Creative Genius of California Workingmen; Left—Vice President Curtis and Gov. Rolph at ceremonies. Center—View of crowd attending dedicatory ceremonies of State Building (left.) Right—Vice President Curtis presenting Distinguished Flying Cross to Amelia Earhart.
Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles Buildings, State Bldg., Dedication
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5830
ark:/21198/zz002cvxnq
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Buildings--California--Los Angeles
Dedications--California--Los Angeles
Hall of Records (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles County Courthouse (Los Angeles, Calif.)
State Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Hall of Justice (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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