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Title
Courthouse demolition
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1936
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
A piece of granite from the demolition of the old Courthouse is being lowered onto a makeshift table, to be used as an auction block for the sale of items from the building.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00018442
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Buildings-L.A. County Courthouse 1891-1932; S-001-782.1 4x5
CARL0000021588
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/88908
Subject
Los Angeles County Courthouse (Los Angeles, Calif. : 1891-1932)
Public buildings--California--Los Angeles
Courthouses--California--Los Angeles
Auctions--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Crowds--California--Los Angeles
Spectators--California--Los Angeles
Demolition--California--Los Angeles
Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Broadway (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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