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Order Number
00077033
Title
World
languages
represented
at
L.A
.
Public
Library
,
view
10
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
L.A.-Libraries-L.A
.
Public
Library.
;
N-004-349.10
4x5
Date
1928
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;11
x
14
cm
. on
sheet
21
x
26
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Data
Central
Library
,
located
at
630
W
.
5th
Street
in
downtown
Los
Angeles
, was
designed
by
architects
Bertram
G
.
Goodhue
and
Carlton
M
.
Winslow
.
Constructed
between
1922-1926
,
it
was
designed
to
mimic
the
architecture
of
ancient
Egypt
,
complete
with a
tiled
mosaic
pyramid
tower
and
many
beautiful
murals
throughout
.
Tragic
fires
in
1986
destroyed
part
of the
building
along
with
20
percent
of the
library's
collection
,
prompting
a
closure
for
6
years
while
restoration
took
place
. The
renovation
was
completed
in
1993
, and the
library
reopened
on
October
3
,
1993
. The
Los
Angeles
Public
Library
is
the
third
largest
public
library
in the
United
States
in
terms
of
books
and
periodical
holdings
,
boasting
over
6
million
volumes
.
It
was
added
to the
National
Register
of
Historical
Places
in
1970
-
Building
#70000136
.
Description
Children
in
foreign
costume
represent
the
different
languages
in
which
publications
are
available
at the
L.A
.
Public
Library
.
View
10
:
Several
girls
,
all
dressed
in
beautiful
ethnic
dresses
,
stand
in a
row
on the
library's
lawn
; they are
all
holding
open
books
. The
(visible)
languages
represented
are:
Japanese
,
Greek
,
Armenian
,
Russian
,
Spanish
,
Arabic
,
Czech
, and
Finnish
.
Photo
taken
at the
downtown
branch
of the
L.A
.
Public
Library
.
Publisher
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
Subject
Los Angeles Public Library.
Central Library (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Foreign language publications--California--Los Angeles.
Libraries--Special collections--Foreign publications.
Costumes.
Libraries--California--Los Angeles.
Girls--California--Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments.
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor,1869-1924.
Winslow, Carlton M.
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Coverage
1921
;
1922
;
1923
;
1924
;
1925
;
1926
;
1927
;
1928
;
1929
;
1930
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
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http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
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