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Public Library, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Description
Identifier
post_00136
Title
Public
Library
,
Los
Angeles
,
Calif
.
Creator
unknown
Date Published
circa
1935
Subject (Topic)
Public
libraries--California--Los
Angeles
;
Subject (Name)
Los
Angeles
Public
Library
;
Subject (Place)
Los
Angeles
(Calif.)--Buildings
&
structures
;
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
Tichnor
Quality
Views
Language
eng
Description
View
of
front
and
south
side
of
Central
Library
from
across
the
street
; the
parking
lot
in
front
of the
library
is
almost
full
;
stairs
lead
up
to the
courtyard
;
lawn
,
trees
,
flowers
, and
shrubbery
;
buildings
in
background
.
Historical Background
The
Los
Angeles
Public
Library
(LAPL)
began
as a
subscription
based
reading
room
located
in
Downey
Block
at
Main
,
Spring
and
Temple
Streets
. The
6,000-plus
book
collection
was
moved
to the
second
City
Hall
building
in
1889
where
it
was
cataloged
for the
first
time
using
the then
new
Dewey
Decimal
system
. In
1891
, the
city
began
to
fully
fund
the
library
and the
subscription
fee
was
dropped
,
making
access
free
. From the
1890s
on, the
library
had
outgrown
its
allotted
space
and
library
supporters
lobbied
continuously
for a
separate
building
.
Finally
, in
1926
, the
Central
Library
building
opened
at the
site
of the
old
State
Normal
School
,
between
Fifth
and
Sixth
,
Grand
and
Flower
.
It
was
designed
by
Bertram
Goodhue
in an
Ancient
Egyptian
style
with an
arch
, a
mosaic
pyramid
decorated
with
suns
,
sphinxes
, and
snakes
,
topped
by a
hand
holding
a
torch
to
represent
the
Light
of
Learning.
"
Two
arson
fires
in
1986
damaged
part
of the
building
and
20%
of its
collection
.
Rebuilding
began
in
1988
, and
when
it
opened
in
1993
, the
renovated
structure
featured
a
Neo-Mission
style
with an
additional
east
wing
and a
high
atrium
. In
funding
the
rebuilding
,
air
rights
were
sold
to
developers
who
added
a
tower
that
exceeded
city
height
restrictions
.
Library
Tower
,
now
the
U.S
.
Bank
Tower
,
remains
the
tallest
building
in
Los
Angeles
. The
name
of the
library
was
changed
to the
Richard
Riordan
Central
Library
to
honor
former
Mayor
Riordon
for his
strong
support
of the
library
.
Publisher's Identifier
Publisher's serial number: 12957; Series number: T409
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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