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Governor Young and John C. Austin at groundbreaking ceremony for State Building, Los Angeles, 1930

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Title: Governor Young and John C. Austin at groundbreaking ceremony for State Building, Los Angeles, 1930
Date Created and/or Issued: August 21, 1930
1930-08-21
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.
Governor C. C. Young (far right) and John C. Austin (center) joined officials during the groundbreaking ceremony for the new State Building on First and Spring streets. A sign in the background estimates the cost of the construction to be $1,250,000.
This photograph appears with the article, “State Building Ground Broken,” Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug 1930: A1.
Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles Buildings, State Bldg. Groundbreak X
Text from newspaper caption: Earth Turned for Administrative Structure; Notables Join in Impressive Program. Above—Scene at groundbreaking ceremony for State Building at First and Spring streets. Below—Gov. Young (right) and John C. Augustin (center) turn first shovels of earth at site.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5833
ark:/21198/zz002cvxr8
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Governors--American--California--Los Angeles
Architects
Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Los Angeles
Young, C. C. (Clement Calhoun), 1869-1947
Austin, John C. W. (John Corneby Wilson), 1870-1963
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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