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Identifier	post_00040
Title	Hall of Records and County Courthouse, Los Angeles, California
Creator	unknown
Date Published	circa 1910
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, 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	News Stand Distributor
Place of Publication	Los Angeles, Calif.
Language	eng
Description	Old red sandstone Courthouse with clock tower; side of building covered with ivy; statue of Stephen M. White fronts building; American flag on lawn; Hall of Records to right; automobiles parked on street in front of both buildings; streetlights; foliage; City Hall tower 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. Standing beside it, the old 12-story County Hall of Records on 220 N. Broadway was built between 1909-1912 at a cost of $1 million. While still under construction, it was the target of a dynamite plot that was stopped by an anonymous tip. It was used by the Superior Court when additional courtroom space was needed.
Additional Printed Matter	On back:"In the shadows of the new city hall, erected at a cost of five and one-half million dollars, are located the Hall of Records and the County Court House. A part of our City's Civic Center."
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number:133021; Series number: LA4
Contributors	Tichner Quality Views, TB, Cambridge, Mass.
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection