Cornerstone being laid for the Hall of Justice (close-up of man with cement trowel) at 211 Temple Street in the Civic Center, ca. 1925 

Hall of Justice building at Temple Street and Broadway in the Civic Center of Downtown Los Angeles, ca. 1928 

Rear of Hall of Justice Building, 1938 

Lolita Campilla (left) blushes slightly for her friend Linda Meyer, who waves hello to Jesse Carmack, a construction worker at the Hall of Justice in the Civic Center, 1959 

West Coast entertainment for women prisoners of Company Jail, Los Angeles, [s.d.] 

Policeman examines jail's 'escape-proof' windows through which prisoner escaped, Los Angeles, 1955 

Inmate works steam irons in press room at jail, Los Angeles, 1952 

Teenagers in jail due to lack of space in Juvenile Hall, Los Angeles, 1948 

Prisoner's shoe shop, jail, Los Angeles, 1952 

Expectant mothers who are prisoners in jail, Los Angeles, 1952 

Inmate works in laundry at jail, Los Angeles, 1952 

Prisoner's menu is examined at jail, Los Angeles, 1952 

Jail cells made of glass, Los Angeles, 1955 

Los Angeles Civic Center, viewed from the Hollywood Freeway, ca.1955-1960 

The Hall of Justice in the Civic Center of Downtown Los Angeles 

Plaza Union Terminal site near Civic Center in bird's-eye view, Los Angeles, 1934 

New Los Angeles County Courthouse undergoing construction at First Street and Hill Street in the Civic Center of Downtown Los Angeles, 1957 

Los Angeles Civic Center, 1956 

All that is left of the old brownstone Courthouse at Temple Street and Broadway in the Civic Center, 1936 

Birdseye view of the old County Courthouse and The Hall of Records, facing west from the tower of City Hall, ca.1927-1935