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Description
Identifier
post_00246
Title
New
Post
Office
and
Federal
Building
,
Los
Angeles
,
Calif
.
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
circa
1945
Subject (Topic)
Post
offices--California--Los
Angeles
;
Civic
centers--California--Los
Angele
;
Public
buildings--California--Los
Angeles
;
Flags
Subject (Name)
United
States
Postal
Service
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
Longshaw
Card
Co
.
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
,
Cal
.
Language
eng
Description
Exterior
view
of the
Post
Office
and
Federal
Building
on
Spring
Street
.
Historical Background
The
18-story
Federal
Courthouse
, a
project
of the
New
Deal
, was
designed
by
Gilbert
Stanley
Underwood
and
built
in the
late
1930s
.
It
initially
housed
the
U.S
.
Post
Office
, the
U.S
.
Court
House
, and
other
Federal
agencies
,
such
as the
Attorney
General's
office
, the
IRS
, and the
FBI
.
It
was the
location
of The
House
Un-American
Activities
Committee
hearings
.
Two
additional
Federal
buildings
were
added
to the
Civic
Center
,
west
of
Los
Angeles
Street
on
Temple
. The
Civic
Center
is
bounded
by
Figueroa
,
San
Pedro
,
First
, 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
.
Additional Printed Matter
On back: "The beautiful new Post Office and Federal Building makes an impressive addition to the Civic Center of Los Angeles. All the United States District Courts, Post Office and Federal Departments are in this building."
Additional Notes
Printed
on
linen
textured
paper
.
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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