Image / Marshall Stimson speaking to the crowd at cornerstone unveiling, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Marshall Stimson speaking to the crowd at cornerstone unveiling, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: May 12, 1936
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.
A large crowd is gathered among the rubble of the old County Courthouse as Marshall Stimson, president of the Historical Society of Southern California, makes an announcement regarding the unveiling of the cornerstone's contents. He holds a gavel in one hand and papers in the other. The archway, partially obscured by debris, can be seen in the background.
Another photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, “Courthouse Seal Opened,” Los Angeles Times, 13 May 1936: A1, 5.
Text from negative sleeve: 4787—Opening Old Court House cornerstone
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14015
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Crowds--California--Los Angeles
Cornerstones--California--Los Angeles
Stimson, Marshall, 1876-1951
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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