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Title: Old Los Angeles Times Building being prepared for demolition, Los Angeles, 1938
Date Created and/or Issued: !938
1938
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
View from First St. towards Broadway and the old Los Angeles Times Building as it was being prepared for the May 1938 demolition. There is scaffolding at the third story and the top level of the clock tower, and the clock has been removed. A sign on a commercial building across the street reads: "139 / ... Artistic / Hair Shaping / 50 / IN LOBBY / OF LAW BLDG. / Tel ..." A sign on a small trailer attached to a parked car reads: "20th CENTURY FOX / FILM CORPORATION."
Text from negative sleeve: Old LA Times Bldg. 10/24/1938. 10318.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_0320
ark:/21198/zz002d9k5w
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Demolition--California--Los Angeles
Business
Environment
Media
Los Angeles Times Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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