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Identifier	post_00052
Title	The New Los Angeles Civic Center, State Building, Hall of Records, Hall of Justice, City Hall
Creator	unknown
Date Published	circa 1939
Subject (Topic)	City halls--California--Los Angeles; Public buildings--California--Los Angeles; Civic centers--California--Los Angeles
Subject (Name)	Los Angeles County Hall of Records (Los Angeles, Calif.); Los Angeles County Hall of Justice (Los Angeles Calif.); Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Subject (Place)	Downtown Los Angeles (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	Robert Kashower
Place of Publication	Los Angeles, Calif.
Language	eng
Description	City Hall fronted by steps, fountain, lawn and trees; Hall of Justice, Hall of Records, and State Building across the street; automobiles; pedestrians; streetlights; American flag on flagpole on State Building.
Historical Background	The Civic Center is bounded by Figueroa, San Pedro, 1st. and the Hollywood Freeway.. One of the largest government complexes in the world, it includes the Federal Building, the Federal Post office, City Hall, County Hall of Justice, County Hall of Records, the Department of Water and Power, the Music Center Complex, and County Courts. Although plans for the Civic Center were underway as early as 1905, it wasn't completed until the 1950s. The third 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
Publisher's Identifier	Series number: 615
Additional Notes	Printed on linen textured paper. Approximate date from postmark.
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection