- Title
- New Post Office and Federal Building, Los Angeles, Calif.
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- Description
- Exterior view of the Post Office and Federal Building on Spring Street.
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- Format Extent
- 1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm
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- Subject
- Post offices--California--Los Angeles; Civic centers--California--Los Angele; Public buildings--California--Los Angeles; Flags
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- Note
- 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.
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- Collection
- Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection
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- Type
- ["Postcards"]
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- Geographic Location
- Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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- Language
- eng
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