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Mayor George E. Cryer operates machinery at City Hall groundbreaking, Los Angeles, 1926

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Title: Mayor George E. Cryer operates machinery at City Hall groundbreaking, Los Angeles, 1926
Date Created and/or Issued: March 4, 1926
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.
Mayor Cryer sits at the helm of an earth-boring machine with workmen behind him in the car.
Mayor George E. Cryer turned the first spadeful of dirt at the groundbreaking ceremony for Los Angeles City Hall. Among the speakers was City Attorney Jess E. Stephens.
A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, “Ground Broken for New City Hall,” Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar 1926: A1.
Text from negative sleeve: LA City Hall Groundbreaking
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9840
ark:/21198/zz002dj05t
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Los Angeles
Mayors--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Cryer, George E., 1875-1961
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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