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Identifier	post_00037
Title	Courthouse, Los Angeles, California
Creator	unknown
Date Published	circa 1909
Subject (Topic)	Courthouses--California--Los Angeles; Public buildings--California--Los Angeles;
Subject (Name)	Los Angeles County Courthouse (Los Angeles, Calif.); Los Angeles County Hall of Records (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Subject (Place)	Los Angeles (Calif.);
Type	image
Form/Genre	postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 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	Edward H. Mitchell, Publisher
Place of Publication	San Francisco
Language	eng
Description	Back entrance of block-wide Old Red Sandstone Courthouse with clock tower, draped with four American flags; wide streets. horse drawn carriages parked outside; people ascending stairs to entrance; lawns; bushes; buildings in background.
Historical Background	The County built the Victorian style Red Sandstone Courthouse in 1891 on Poundcake Hill, at the southeast corner of Temple and Broadway, which had been the location of the first L.A. High School. The Courthouse was damaged in the 1933 earthquake and demolished in 1936. Thereafter, the Superior Court operated out of temporary quarters until 1959. It is now in the Stanley Mosk County Courthouse on First between Hill and Grand. The Criminal Courts building occupies the site of the Red Sandstone Courthouse.
Publisher's Identifier	Series number: 59
Additional Notes	Approximate date from postmark.
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
Source	Werner Von Boltenstern Postcard Collection