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

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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.

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

Subject Los Angeles -- City -- Orphanages -- Los Angeles Orphanage (buildings only) (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Bell Tower (manmade features), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles Orphanage (manmade features), USA (countries)

Geocoordinate -117.67322,34.77141 (point), -118.28446,33.70409 (point), -118.8643,34.8191 (point), -118.95586,34.05644 (point)

Temporal Subject 1956-11-12

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w (aacr2), 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 1956-11-12

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-m2801

Identifier 3-1275-02805-6118 (barcode), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-ORP-042 (filename), examiner-m4404 (legacy collection record id), examiner-c44-90063 (legacy record id), examiner-m2801 (legacy record id), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-ORP-042 (original filename), Subjects 316 (print box)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 90063

Unique identifier UC11732918

Legacy Identifier EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-ORP-042.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 9.7 in × 12.1 in at 300dpi
24.7 cm × 30.8 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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