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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/#d.en.3004
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