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Title: Old Los Angeles County Courthouse being cleared for destruction, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: November 12, 1935
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 Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
After an earthquake in 1933, the old Courthouse was condemned and set for destruction. The top floors were cleared in 1935 and it was demolished in 1936.
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The old LA County Courthouse is surrounded by debris as the building is cleared. Chutes are seen under two of the windows in the back of the building.
Text from negative sleeve: 2798 -- Court House, Old 11-12-35 [stamped:] NOV 15 1935
Handwritten on negative: Court House 11-12-35
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9317
ark:/21198/zz002dhc45
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Courthouses--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Courthouse (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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