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Title
Original Hollywood Branch library
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Public Library Institutional Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1921
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
This building served as the original Hollywood Branch library, which opened in 1907 and was located at 6357 Hollywood Boulevard, near Ivar Avenue. In 1922, the building was relocated to 1403 N. Gardner and named the West Hollywood Branch. This building served as the branch until 1959, when it was replaced. In 1987, the branch was renamed the Will and Ariel Durant Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library.
Exterior view of Tudor Revival style of the original Hollywood Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library, located at 6357 Hollywood, Boulevard.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00038893
Los Angeles Public Library Institutional Collection
LAPL_IPC_b066_f5; A-001-809 4x5
CARL0000041302
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/98182
Subject
Los Angeles Public Library.--Hollywood Branch
Los Angeles Public Library.--West Hollywood Branch
Branch libraries--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Architecture--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)--English influences
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Lost Architecture

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