Exterior view of the Los Angeles County Court House, ca.1905

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Los Angeles County Court House, ca.1905. The building was built in 1888 and demolished in 1933 after it was damaged by an earthquake. Located on the south side of Temple Street between Broadway and Spring Street, on Poundcake Hill. The square clocktower topped with a dome rises above the 4-story sandstone building. Seven American flags are draped from the facade of the building. It is perched on a hill surrounded by a stone wall enclosed grassy yard. Pedestrians ascend the long set of broad stairs between two large palm trees that lead up to the building. Horse-drawn carriages are parked in the street. Streetcar rails and electric lines criss-cross in the foreground. Other buildings are visible in the background. The tower of the structure was said to be one of the finest examples of Romanesque architecture in America; however, it was taken down sometime before the remainder of the building. An open air elevator that connected with all floors from the outside was one of the most interesting features of the building and attracted many who came merely to enjoy the ride.

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Title Exterior view of the Los Angeles County Court House, ca.1905

Subject court houses (adlf), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Public Buildings -- County Court House (file heading), Los Angeles County Court House (subject), Public buildings (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Broadway & Spring Street & Temple Street (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1905

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 cm., 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1905

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1865

Identifier 2415 (accession number), CHS-2415 (call number), CHS-2415 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2718 (legacy record id), chs-m1865 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-1917 (legacy record id), 1-63- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2718

Unique identifier UC116817

Legacy Identifier CHS-2415.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.1 in × 14.5 in at 300dpi
46.0 cm × 36.9 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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