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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Exterior view of the Los Angeles County Courthouse and Jail looking west, ca.1906
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Exterior view of the Los Angeles County Courthouse and Jail looking west, ca.1906
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Photograph of an exterior view of the Los Angeles County Courthouse and Jail looking west, ca.1906. The flat rooftops of highrise buildings fill the foreground while the gothic architecture of the courthouse stands to the left, its clock tower reading approximately ten minutes after nine o'clock and an American flag waving from its peak. The courthouse is four stories tall, comprised of two brick main buildings flanking either side of the clock tower. A second, semi-gothic building about half its height stands to the right of it. More of the city's buildings are visible in the background, stretching to the horizon. The courthouse, built in 1891, was demolished in 1935 and was located on the south side of Temple Street between Broadway and Spring Street, on Poundcake Hill. Additional information form the Pacific Coast Architecture Database: the Court House was built from 1887-1891. It was damaged in the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, and declared unsafe for occupancy. Demolition started in 1935 (roof and two upper floors removed), and concluded 1936. Among the others, the photograph features the following buildings and structures: (John Anson) Bullard Block (1896-1926) can be seen between Main and Spring, Market and Court Streets; United States Hotel (1862-1939) is visible at left of upper Bullard on south-east corner of Main and Market Streets; Amestoy Building (1887-1958) is visible left of the U.S. Hotel, at north-east corner of Main and Market Streets. Additional information provided by the LA Conservancy: The numerals from one of the clock faces of the 1st County Court House were incorporated into one of the clock faces of the 2nd Court House, and were subsequently transferred to the east-facing upper clock of the 3rd Court House (opened 1959), north side of 1st Street between Grand Avenue and Hill Street, renamed the Stanley Mosk Court House. The clock is not visible from the street.
Asset Metadata
Title
Exterior view of the Los Angeles County Courthouse and Jail looking west, ca.1906
Subject
buildings
(adlf),
cities
(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 at Temple Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1901/1911
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
photographs
(aat),
transparencies
(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
1901/1911
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1870
Identifier
7035 (
accession number
), CHS-7035 (
call number
), CHS-7035 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-2723 (
legacy record id
), chs-m1870 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-1922 (
legacy record id
), 1-63- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
2723
Unique identifier
UC117215
Legacy Identifier
CHS-7035.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.0 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.2 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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