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Title
U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, City Hall buildings
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Built in 1937-1940, Federal Courthouse and U.S. Post Office Building was designed by architects Gilbert Stanley Underwood and Louis A. Simon and cost over $8 million to build. Los Angeles City Hall was designed by John and Donald Parkinson, John C. Austin, and Albert C. Martin, and was completed in 1928.
View of the Los Angeles Civic Center, showing Los Angeles City Hall and the Federal Courthouse and U.S. Post Office Building. Numerous cars can be seen on the street.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00018590
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Buildings-Federal Building.; A-008-537 4x5
CARL0000023947
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/89265
Subject
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
United States Court House and Post Office (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Public buildings--California--Los Angeles
Civic centers--California--Los Angeles
City halls--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Austin, John C. W.(John Corneby Wilson),1870-1963
Parkinson, Donald B.(Donald Berthold),1895-1945
Parkinson, John,1861-1935
Martin, Albert C.,1879-1960
Simon, Louis A.(Louis Adolphe),d. 1958
Underwood, Gilbert Stanley
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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