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Order Number
00077054
Title
Woman
with
Newbery
Medal
,
view
20
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
L.A.-Libraries-L.A
.
Public
Library.
;
N-004-488.20
4x5
Date
1930
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;14
x
11
cm
. on
sheet
26
x
21
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
View
20
: An
unidentified
woman
poses
with a
Newbery
Medal
,
which
can
be
seen
nestled
in its
velvet-lined
case
.
It
is
unclear
if this
woman
is
a
librarian
or a
recepient
of the
award
. The
Newbery
Medal
,
named
after
the
eighteenth-century
English
bookseller
John
Newbery
,
is
an
annual
award
given
by the
American
Library
Association
to the
most
distinguished
American
children's
book
published
the
previous
year
. In
1921
,
Frederic
G
.
Melcher
proposed
the
award
to the
American
Library
Association
and was
approved
by the
ALA
Executive
Board
in
1922
. The
purpose
was
stated
as
follows
: "To
encourage
original
creative
work
in the
field
of
books
for
children
. To
emphasize
to the
public
that
contributions
to the
literature
for
children
deserve
similar
recognition
to
poetry
,
plays
, or
novels
. To
give
those
librarians
,
who
make
it
their
life
work
to
serve
children's
reading
interests
, an
opportunity
to
encourage
good
writing
in this
field.
" The
Newbery
Award
thus
became
the
first
children's
book
award
in the
world
.
Subject
Central Library (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Los Angeles Public Library.
Libraries and women--California--Los Angeles.
Libraries--California--Los Angeles.
Women--California--Los Angeles.
Awards--California--Los Angeles.
Newbery Medal.
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
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http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
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Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
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