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Description
Order Number
00077073
Title
"
Wedding
of
Ivanhoe
and
Rowena
",
Central
Library
Studio
Mott Studios.
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
L.A.-Libraries-LAPL-Central
Library-Departments
.
Date
Circa
195-
?
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
Interior
view
of the
Children's
Department
at
Los
Angeles
Central
Library
. A
life-size
mural
illustrating
Sir
Walter
Scott's
story
of "
Ivanhoe
"
-
specifically
the
wedding
of
Ivanhoe
and
Rowena
-
grace
the
wall
above
the
bookshelves
and
doorway
.
Julian
E
.
Garnsey
and
A.W
.
Parsons
painted
a
total
of
ten
friezes
depicting
different
Ivanhoe
scenes
on the
walls
surrounding
the
Children's
Department
.
Miraculously
, this
department
did
not
sustain
damage
during
the
fire
that
ravaged
the
upper
levels
of
Central
Library
on
April
29
,
1986
.
When
the
library
re-opened
its
doors
on
October
3
,
1993
, the
Children's
Department
had been
relocated
to a
different
section
within
the
building
, and the
International
Languages
Department
relocated
to the
section
pictured
in this
photograph
.
Subject
Scott, Walter,--1771-1832.--Ivanhoe.
Los Angeles Public Library.
Central Library (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Murals--California--Los Angeles.
Libraries--California--Los Angeles.
Interiors--California--Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments.
Garnsey, Julian E.(Julian Ellsworth),b. 1887.
Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor,1869-1924.
Winslow, Carlton M.
Parsons, A. W.(Anthony William),1928-
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
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