Constructed between 1909 and 1911 to the cost of over a million dollars, the 12-story Hall of Records (right) at 220 N. Broadway was demolished in September, 1973. Photograph caption dated August 2, 1946 reads, "Dwarfed by towering Los Angeles City Hall in the background is this one-story frame structure in the Civic Center which will be the site of a new county courthouse. Lack of space forced Los Angeles County to set up a court here in the building which was used for temporary wartime purposes. Proposition No. 1 on tomorrow's bond issue election ballot would provide new county courthouse and office buildings for various county departments."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles County Hall of Records (Los Angeles, Calif. : 1911-1962) City halls--California--Los Angeles Lawns--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Public buildings--California--Los Angeles Municipal government--Records and correspondence Civic centers--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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