Title supplied by cataloger. This statue, dedicated on February 22, 1933, is one of 22 copies cast by the Gorham Company and financed by the Women's Auxiliary of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. The statue was moved to this location after occupying different sites in the immediate vicinity. The pedestal seen here was made from stone salvaged from the old County Courthouse after it was razed in 1936. Looking east towards City Hall from near the bronze George Washington statue in the Civic Center Mall in March, 1981.
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1 slide : color ; 5x5 cm. Photographic color slides
Washington, George,--1732-1799--Statues Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.) Civic Center Mall (Los Angeles, Calif.) Statues Office buildings Civic centers City halls Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Public buildings Lawns Trees Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Albert C. Martin and Associates Welton Becket and Associates 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 Neutra, Richard Joseph,--1892-1970
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