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Title
Cornerstone laying ceremony at new City Hall, Los Angeles, 1927
Contributor
Austin, John C. W. (John Corneby Wilson), 1870-1963
Parkinson, John, 1861-1935
Date Created and/or Issued
June 22, 1927
1927-06-22
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.
Related to the Los Angeles Times article, "Throng Sees New City Hall Dedicated: Mementos Sealed in Rock as City, County and State Officials Unite in Exercises Heralding Progress in Building Huge Structure." Los Angeles Times, 23 Jun. 1927: A1.
Photograph of officials, police officers and members of the Native Sons of the Golden West dressed in as cowboys on the steps of the new City Hall on 1st and Spring St. at the cornerstone laying ceremony. A Baldwin grand piano is on the stage. Gov. C. C. Young came down from Sacramento to participate in the laying of the cornerstone with Mayor George E. Cryer.
Text on negative sleeve: LA City Hall cornerstone laying
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9821
ark:/21198/zz002dhzh2
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
City & town halls--California--Los Angeles
Cowboys--California--Los Angeles
Cornerstone laying--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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