City Hall, Los Angeles, California.
Identifier
post_00053
Title
City Hall , Los Angeles , California .
Creator
unknown
Date Published
circa 1950
Subject (Topic)
City halls--California--Los Angeles ; Public buildings--California--Los Angeles
Subject (Name)
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 ; 14 x 9 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
H.S . Crocker Co. , Inc .
Place of Publication
Los Angeles , Calif .
Language
eng
Description
City Hall building ; street lined with parked automobiles ; streetlights ; flags on flagpoles ; trees and shrubbery .
Historical Background
The original City Hall building was located on Spring Street in an adobe structure that also housed the City Jail . A second City Hall was built on Broadway between Second and Third streets in 1888 . 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 .
Additional Printed Matter
On back:"The City Hall, the tallest building in Los Angeles, costing 9 1/2 million dollars, forms the nucleus for the beautiful Civic Center of Los Angeles."
Publisher's Identifier
Publisher's serial number: LA-1020
Contributors
Lowman , Hubert A. ; Distributed by Souvenir Color Card Co .
Source
Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection
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