Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of exterior view of first Los Angeles County Court House, ca.1875. At center, the exterior of the Temple Building, the first Los Angeles County Court House, can be seen. The court house was built in 1859 by John Temple and rented to the county and to vendors who leased store space. It was bounded by Court Street, Market Street, Spring Street, and Main Street. Three people stand at the top of the short flight of steps from the street to the sidewalk at the corner of the 2-story brick building. A clock tower is barely visible (blurred) on top of the building.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, b&w 22 x 17 cm., 26 x 20 cm. glass plate negatives negatives (photographic) photographs
Los Angeles--Architecture--Public Buildings--County Court House Public buildings Stores, Retail Temple, John Los Angeles County Court House Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--General Court houses
Time Period
circa 1875
Place
California Court Street & Market Street Spring Street & Main Street Los Angeles USA
Source
1-6-7 [Microfiche number] 2822 [Accession number] CHS-2822 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] unidentified no: 17 [Identifying number]
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