Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The Los Angeles Central Library is located at 630 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071 Same as image ark no. 21198/zz002dfm13 Related to the Los Angeles Times Feature: Reading Rooms Popular With Many During Winter Months [Los Angeles Times, 9/27/1937] The murals were originally installed in the Hope-street tunnel (1928), and moved to the History Room (1930), which became the Children's Literature Department during a major renovation (1988-93). Patrons in the large History Room at the Los Angeles Public Library with wooden tables and chairs, tall lamps, Albert Herter's California History murals on 2 walls, a marble chequerboard floor and a painted wood beam ceiling. This photograph appears with the article, "The Best Things in Life Are Free," Los Angeles Times, 16 Jun. 1935: I11. Text from negative sleeve: Public Library, newspaper reading files. 9391. 9/15/37. [stamped:] SEP 23, 1937.
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_0230 ark:/21198/zz002d9g2w
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Murals--California--Los Angeles Education Government Libraries--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Public Library. Central Library
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