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Description
Identifier
post_00048
Title
Los
Angeles
County
Courthouse
and
Hall
of
Records
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/
Publisher
Pacific
Novelty
Co
.
Place of Publication
San
Francisco
&
Los
Angeles
Language
eng
Description
Front
view
of
old
red
sandstone
Courthouse
;
partial
view
of
Hall
of
Records
to
right
;
letters
in
lawn
read:"Country
Court
House
"
Stephen
M
.
White
statue
;
streetlights
;
foliage
;
ivy
on
Courthouse
;
automobiles
.
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
and
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
.
Publisher's Identifier
Series number: No. 55
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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