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Identifier	post_00023
Title	City Hall, Los Angeles, Cal.
Creator	unknown
Date Published	circa 1910
Subject (Topic)	City Halls--California--Los Angeles; Public buildings--California--Los Angeles;
Subject (Name)	Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Subject (Place)	Los Angeles (Calif.);
Type	image
Form/Genre	postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 14x 9 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University Library.
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/dlp/copyright.htm
Publisher	Van Ornum Colorprint Co.
Place of Publication	Los Angeles, Cal.
Language	eng
Description	Second city hall building from right angle; automobiles parked outside; streetlights; lettering on building to the right reads:"Ladies Tailoring" American flag hangs from City Hall tower.
Historical Background	The original City Hall building was located on Spring Street in an adobe structure that also housed the City Jail. A second City Hall was built on Broadway between 2nd and 3rd streets in 1888. Construction on the second City Hall began in 1888 on Fort Street. It was completed in 1889, the same year the name Fort Street was changed to Broadway. The city's library, consisting of 6,000 volumes, was moved to rooms in the new City Hall. The third and current City Hall, located on Spring Street, was completed in 1928.
Publisher's Identifier	Series number: 806
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
Source	Werner Von Boltenstern Postcard Collection