Sketch showing proposed Superior and Municipal Courts building and the county administration building in Los Angeles Civic Center, 1950

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Photograph of a drawing with the caption "Sketch showing unification of Superior and Municipal Courts as proposed by Supervisor Leonard Roach". "Civil Center pattern -- Supervisor Leonard Roach will submit plans for a 20-story building (A) to house Superior and Municipal Courts and a Law Library. Also included in his plans, the Hall of Records would be razed and replaced with a $5,000,000 county administration building (B). Existing buildings are Hall of Justice (1), Federal Building (2), City Hall (3), and State Building (4). Building A would cost $14,650,000 instead of 17,453,809 for three separate buildings" -- clipping dated "Apr. 27, 1950" attached to verso.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.

Asset Metadata

Title Sketch showing proposed Superior and Municipal Courts building and the county administration building in Los Angeles Civic Center, 1950

Subject Los Angeles -- City -- Buildings -- Civic Center -- Redevelopment plans (file heading), Roach, Leonard, Supervisor (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 1st Street (roadway), 1st Street & Spring Street (roadway), Broadway (roadway), California (states), City Hall (manmade features), Civic Center (city or populated place), County Administration Building (manmade features), Downtown Los Angeles (city or populated place), Federal Building (manmade features), Hall Of Justice (manmade features), Hall of Records (manmade features), Law Library (manmade features), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Municipal Court (manmade features), State Building (manmade features), Superior Court (manmade features), Temple Street (roadway), USA (countries)

Geocoordinate -118.2438,34.05665 (point), -118.24539,34.05888 (point), -118.2457,34.05405 (point), -118.24729,34.05739 (point)

Temporal Subject 1950-04-27

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w (aacr2), architectural drawings (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 1950-04-27

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-m3116

Identifier 3-1275-02805-7652 (barcode), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-584 (filename), examiner-m4404 (legacy collection record id), examiner-c44-90357 (legacy record id), examiner-m3116 (legacy record id), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-584 (original filename), Subjects 319 (print box)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 90357

Unique identifier UC11731997

Legacy Identifier EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-584.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 11.8 in × 9.3 in at 300dpi
30.0 cm × 23.8 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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