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. -118.243569 A crowd gathers closely around the old cornerstone of the 1888 County Courthouse, which was demolished in 1936. The box that was sealed inside has been removed and Joseph Mesmer, to its left, and Marshall Stimson, to its right, get ready to reveal the contents. A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, “Courthouse Seal Opened,” Los Angeles Times, 13 May 1936: A1, 5. 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 Text from negative sleeve: 4787—Opening Old Court House cornerstone
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14021 ark:/21198/zz002j7j13
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Crowds--California--Los Angeles Cornerstones--California--Los Angeles Mesmer, Joseph, 1855-1947 Stimson, Marshall, 1876-1951
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