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. One of the cornerstones of the old County Courthouse, which was located on the corner of Temple and Broadway, was opened to reveal a box from 1888 when the foundation was laid. Among the contents was an eight-page issue of the Los Angeles Times. The ceremony was led by Marshall Stimson, president of the Historical Society of Southern California, and Joseph Mesmer, president of the Pioneer Society. This photographs appears with the article, “Courthouse Seal Opened,” Los Angeles Times, 13 May 1936: A1. A large crowd is gathered among the rubble of the old County Courthouse as Joseph Mesmer, left of the box, and Marshall Stimson, standing on a platform, reveal the contents hidden in an old cornerstone. Text from newspaper caption: [above:] Cornerstone gives up secrets of 1888 [below:] Scene at site of the old County Courthouse yesterday during ceremonies which marked the opening of the box which was sealed in the stone when it was laid forty-eight years ago. Joseph Mesmer is delving into the box. Marshall Stimson holds aloft a copy of The Times which the box contained. Times photo. Text from negative sleeve: 4787—Opening Old Court House cornerstone
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14017 ark:/21198/zz002j7hwj
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Cornerstones--California--Los Angeles Stimson, Marshall, 1876-1951 Mesmer, Joseph, 1855-1947
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