Bell Tower of a soon-to-be renovated Los Angeles Orphanage

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Title	Bell Tower of a soon-to-be renovated Los Angeles Orphanage
Description	Photograph. "Bell tower stands, but it too will soon be razed. Eventually, Golden State Freeway will pass where building is now located. On a hilltop in Boyle Heights, a huge red brick building which for more than half a century echoed children's laughters today listens only to the wrecker's bar and sledge. -- In five months, the old Los Angeles Orphanage will be gone. -- Soon not even the spot where it once stood will remain -- for the new Golden State Freeway will take away much of the hilltop when it is built. -- Nearly all the 50,000 citizens then living in Los Angeles contributed to the $150,000 fund which constructed the building in 1890. -- Pride of city -- The structure, with its bell tower rising 145 feet, was the pride of the city at that time, and thousands of Southern California citizens turned out to witness the laying of the cornerstone by Bhsiop Francis Mora. -- Biship Mora returned on Thanksgiving Day, 1891, to bless the edifice. Gov. R.W. Waterman and Mayor H.T. Hazard were on hand. -- In its 61 years, the building was home to more than 9000 girls. It was condemned in 1950 and had stood vacant since. -- Like its successor, Maryvale, the new Los Angeles Orphanage, in South San Gabriel, the old orphanage was under the jurisdiction of the Catholic Diocese of Los Angeles and was operated by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, who have operated orphanages in this city more than a century. -- The new San Gabriel institution was blessed by Cardinal McIntyre June 21, 1953. -- Wrecking operations were begun three weeks ago by the Aztec Stone and Brick Company, and thus far only the roof is gone. Job Supervisor Y.M. Ortiz said he will be finished in Apri.." -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated 12 November 1956.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Subject (File Heading)	Los Angeles -- City -- Orphanages -- Los Angeles Orphanage (buildings only)
Geographic Subject (City or Populated Place)	Los Angeles
Geographic Subject (County)	Los Angeles
Geographic Subject (State)	California
Geographic Subject (Country)	USA
Geographic Subject (Manmade Feature)	Los Angeles Orphanage; Bell Tower
Geographic Coordinates	-118.8643,34.8191; -117.67322,34.77141; -118.28446,33.70409; -118.95586,34.05644; -118.8643,34.8191
Coverage date	circa 1956-11-12
Publisher (of the Digital Version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1956-11-12
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Barcode	3-1275-02805-6118
Original Filename	EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-ORP-042
Print Box	Subjects 316
Legacy Record ID	examiner-m2801
Part of subcollection	Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
Part of collection	Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961
Rights	University of Southern California
Access Conditions	Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu; phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343
Repository Name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository Email	specol@usc.edu; specol@usc.edu
Filename	EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-ORP-042
Archival file	examiner_Volume124/EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-ORP-042.tiff

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