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Title: Old Watts Branch library, exterior
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Public Library Institutional 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: Exterior of the Watts Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library, located at 9901 Grandee Street. The Classical Revival style library was built with a grant from Andrew Carnegie and designed by architect Elmore Jeffery. It served as a public library from 1913-1960. It was demolished in the 1970s.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00032625
Los Angeles Public Library Institutional Collection
LAPL_IPC_b066_f3; A-007-324 4x5
CARL0000035308
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/97059
Subject: Los Angeles Public Library.--Watts Branch
Neoclassicism (Architecture)--California--Watts (Los Angeles)
Carnegie libraries--California--Los Angeles
Branch libraries--California--Watts (Los Angeles)
Jeffery, Elmore
Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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