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Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
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Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
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The old Los Angeles Hall of Records is about to die, 1954
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The old Los Angeles Hall of Records is about to die, 1954
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Photograph of a high-angle view of the old Los Angeles Hall of Records. "The old Hall of Records - it'll die. Will replace Old Hall of records. Negotiations were started yesterday by the County Supervisors to construct a new six-story $17,000,000 County Administration Building to replace the 45-year old Hall of Records. Chief Administrative Officer Arthur J. Will said the new building should be under construction 'later next spring' on Temple street between Hill street and Grand avenue. On motion of Supervisor Herbert C. Legg, the Board at the same time ordered a halt to $250,000 in interior reconstruction work now under way on the Hall of Records.; Saving -- Will said construction of the new building will save taxpayers approximately $1,000,000 planned reconstruction of the Hall of Records, which was branded "a firetrap" by the Los Angeles City Fire Department recently.; From fund -- Money for construction of the building will come from a long-term loan from the County Employees Retirement Association, it was said. The City Department of Water and Power owns the proposed site for the new county structure but Will said city officials "are interested" in selling the land to the county" -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated, "April 1, 1954". Verso dated, "April 1, 1954".
Asset Metadata
Title
The old Los Angeles Hall of Records is about to die, 1954
Subject
Los Angeles -- City -- Civic Buildings -- Hall of Records
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
320 West Temple Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1954-04-01
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
1954-04-01
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-m3530
Identifier
3-1275-02806-0011 (
barcode
), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-711 (
filename
), examiner-m4404 (
legacy collection record id
), examiner-c44-90704 (
legacy record id
), examiner-m3530 (
legacy record id
), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-711 (
original filename
), Subjects 320 (
print box
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
90704
Unique identifier
UC11731538
Legacy Identifier
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-711.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
13.1 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
33.3 cm × 40.8 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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Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
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