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Mayor George E. Cryer makes a speech at City Hall groundbreaking, Los Angeles, 1926

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Title: Mayor George E. Cryer makes a speech at City Hall groundbreaking, Los Angeles, 1926
Date Created and/or Issued: March 4, 1926
1926-03-04
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 Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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.
Mayor Cryer, standing at the front toward the right, makes a speech to a large crowd. He stands on a wooden platform adorned with American flag banners alongside other city officials.
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_9841
ark:/21198/zz002dj06b
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: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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