Title supplied by cataloger. Exterior view of the Vernon Branch Library, 4504 South Central Avenue which was built in 1915 with a Carnegie grant totaling $35,000 and designed by Charles H. Kysor & Charles H. Biggar in the Classical Revival style. It had an open air reading room that could be converted into a closed room by means of a sliding sash. The library replaced a library delivery station that had been maintained by neighborhood residents since 1901. In 1974, this building was demolished after it had suffered significant damage in the 1971 earthquake.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;19 x 26 cm. on board 19 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles Public Library.--Vernon Branch Branch libraries--California--Los Angeles Library buildings--California--Los Angeles Public libraries--California--Los Angeles Carnegie libraries--California--Los Angeles Kysor & Biggar
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