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Scheme of John F. Austin for proposed Los Angeles County Civic Center, 1938
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Scheme of John F. Austin for proposed Los Angeles County Civic Center, 1938
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Description
Photograph with a caption "Scheme suggested by John F. Austin, F.A.I.A, architect, Los Angeles County Civic Center" and some locations labeled. "Sketch submitted to Los Angeles County Development Committee by John C. Austin, local architect, as suggestion for proposed county administration and trade center, bounded by First, Alameda, Ord and Olive Streets. He specified that it is a suggestion, not a plan. Key to figures are: 1. Auditorium; 2. Trade Exhibits; 3. Union Terminal; 4. Hall of Records; 5. City Hall; 6. Post office and Federal Courts; 7. Peristyle; 8. Little Old Pueblo; 9. State Building; 10. Hall of Justice; 11. Court House; 12. Police Administration; 13. Plaza Church; 14. County Engineering; 15. Cascades; 16. Public works; 17. City Health; 18. Terminal Annex" -- clipping dated "Aug. 31, 1938" attached to verso stamped "Received Examiner Reference Library, Aug. 31, 1938.; Streetscape.
Asset Metadata
Title
Scheme of John F. Austin for proposed Los Angeles County Civic Center, 1938
Subject
Los Angeles -- City -- Buildings -- Civic Center -- Redevelopment plans
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Civic Center
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Los Angeles Civic Center
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Geocoordinate
-118.24236,34.0545 (
point
), -118.24281,34.05399 (
point
), -118.24311,34.05499 (
point
), -118.24358,34.05451 (
point
)
Temporal Subject
1938-08-31
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
(aacr2),
art
(aat),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
(collection),
Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
(subcollection),
University of Southern California
(contributing entity)
Date Created
1938-08-31
Creator
Austin, John C.
(architect)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
cisadmin@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
For uses other than private, please contact the USC Digital Library at cisadmin@lib.usc.edu
Access Conditions
Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m3590
Identifier
3-1275-02805-7769 (
barcode
), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-582 (
filename
), examiner-m4404 (
legacy collection record id
), examiner-c44-90757 (
legacy record id
), examiner-m3590 (
legacy record id
), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-582 (
original filename
), Subjects 319 (
print box
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
90757
Unique identifier
UC11733514
Legacy Identifier
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-582.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.5 in × 11.3 in at 300dpi
44.6 cm × 28.7 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
Description
The Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection consists of approximately 1.4 million prints and negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper. It was a daily newspaper, published in the afternoon on weekdays (Herald-Express) and in the morning on weekends (Examiner). The afternoon and morning papers merged in 1962 (Herald Examiner).
? 1903-1989: Los Angeles Examiner (founded 1903)
? 1931-1962: Los Angeles Herald-Express (formed from the 1931 merger of Los Angeles Evening Express and Evening Herald)
? 1962-1989: Los Angeles Herald Examiner (formed from the 1962 merger of the Los Angeles Herald-Express and the Los Angeles Examiner)
Almost every event and individual receiving news coverage in Los Angeles during the period late 1920's to 1961 is represented in the collection. Coverage is broad including crime, sports, society, art, and entertainment. The collection forms part of the Hearst Collection and was a gift from the Los Angeles Herald Examiner Division of the Hearst Corporation in 1978.
The Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection (1950-1961) consists of approximately 215,000 4x5-inch negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.
The Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection consists of approximately 1.2 million photoprints from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.
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Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
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