- Title
- Post office and Federal building--and City Hall, Los Angeles, California
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- Description
- View of the Post Office and Federal Buiding and the Los Angeles City Hall on Spring Street.
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- Format Extent
- 1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm
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- Subject
- City halls--California--Los Angeles; Post offices--California--Los Angeles; Civic center--California--Los Angeles; Public buildings--California--Los Angeles
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- Note
- 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. Construction on the second City Hall began in 1888 on Fort Street. It was completed in 1889, the same year the name Fort Street was changed to Broadway. The city's library, consisting of 6,000 volumes, was moved to rooms in the new City Hall. The third and current City Hall, located on Spring Street, was completed in 1928.
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- Collection
- Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection
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- Type
- ["Postcards"]
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- Geographic Location
- Spring Street (Los Angeles, Calif.); Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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- Language
- eng
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Post office and Federal building--and City Hall, Los Angeles, California
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