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Identifier	post_00029
Title	City Hall and the Stephen M. White Statue, Los Angeles, California
Creator	unknown
Date Published	circa 1955
Subject (Topic)	City halls--California--Los Angeles; Public buildings--California--Los Angeles; Outdoor sculpture--California--Los Angeles; Statues
Subject (Name)	Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.); White, Stephen M.
Subject (Place)	Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Type	image
Form/Genre	postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 14 x 9 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/#d.en.3004
Publisher	Longshaw Card Co.
Place of Publication	Los Angeles, Calif.
Language	eng
Description	Current City Hall building; statue of Stephen M. White on pedestal in foreground, bearing the dates 1833-1901; American flag on flagpole in front of building.
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. The third and current City Hall, with its obelisk tower, is bounded by Temple, Main, First, and Spring, and was completed in 1928. At the time, the city had a height restriction of 12 stories, making the new 454 foot high, 32-story building the tallest in the city. At the peak is an airplane beacon named in honor of Lindbergh. The building material included sand from every county in California and water from all 21 California Missions. The bronze statue of Stephen M. White was created by Tilden Douglas in 1908. White was a Los Angeles District Attorney, State Senator, and U.S. Senator. He is best remembered as the "Father of the Los Angeles Harbor" for winning the fight for a free harbor against powerful railroad interests. The statue originally stood in front of the Old County Courthouse, was moved to the new courthouse in 1958, and is now located in San Pedro.
Additional Printed Matter	On back:"The statue of Stephen M. White honors a man who was a Senator for California from 1893 to 1899 and the noted champion of the "little man" against the huge corporations ruling California politics at that time. In the background is the City Hall, the tallest building in Los Angeles in the heart of the Civic Center."
Publisher's Identifier	Series number: 612
Additional Notes	Printed on linen textured paper.
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection