City Hall, Los Angeles
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Identifier |
post_00113 |
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Title |
City Hall, Los Angeles |
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Creator |
unknown |
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Date Published |
circa 1955 |
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Subject (Topic) |
City halls--California--Los Angeles; Public buildings--California--Los Angeles |
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Subject (Name) |
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
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Subject (Place) |
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
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Type |
image |
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Form/Genre |
Postcards |
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Physical Description |
1 postcard : Color ; 14 x 9 cm. |
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Institution |
Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University |
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Country of Creation |
US |
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Copyright Status |
public domain |
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Copyright Statement |
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/ |
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Publisher |
Mitock & Sons |
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Place of Publication |
7410 Greenbush Ave.,North Hollywood, Calif. |
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Language |
eng |
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Description |
City Hall building; automobiles parked on street; orange and white bus; trees and shrubbery; cartoon drawing of a man and woman on top of tower with dialogue bubble reading:"I can see our home town from here!"; front text reads:"Hi folks, here we are in Los Angeles, California" |
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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 2nd and 3rd streets in 1888. The third and current 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. |
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Additional Printed Matter |
On back:"A block long $10,000,000 edifice. 32 stories high and 17 acres of floor space. View from Observation Tower is breathtaking." |
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Publisher's Identifier |
Publisher's serial number: P24331 |
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Additional Notes |
Printed using the Plastichrome process by Colourpicture, Boston, Mass. |
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Contributors |
Watson, George E. |
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Source |
Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection |
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