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Title
Compton City Hall in 1928
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1928
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
Exterior view of City Hall in Compton, framed by palm trees and surrounded by water. People can be seen standing near the entrance, perhaps wondering how they will get to their automobiles, the tires of which are partially submerged in water. Part of a railroad track is visible at the lower left of the photo.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00020386
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Compton-Buildings; S-007-826 4x5
CARL0000024364
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/91162
Subject
Compton City Hall (Compton, Calif.)
Floods--California--Compton
City halls--California--Compton
Municipal buildings--California--Compton
Automobiles--California--Compton
Palms--California--Compton
Railroad tracks--California--Compton
Lost architecture--California--Compton
Compton (Calif.)

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