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Title
View of the City Hall construction site with the old courthouse in the background, Los Angeles, 1926-1928
Date Created and/or Issued
1926/1928
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of a view of the City Hall construction site with the old courthouse in the background, Los Angeles, 1926-1928. The construction site can be seen in the foreground at left and is a large dirt area with several large square holes dug into its surface. Lumber litters the ground around the site. The Courthouse can be seen in the background at center and is a large Gothic building with a clock tower rising from its roof. Two tall buildings, including the Hall of Justice, can be seen at right, while the Hall of Records is visible at left. Many automobiles can be seen around the construction site.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w
13 x 17 cm.
transparencies
photographs
Identifier
chs-m21087 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-35190
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m21087
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-35190.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Streets--Spring Street--Unidentified
Streets
Automobiles
Building
Buildings
Time Period
1926/1928
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
35190 [Accession number]
CHS-35190 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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