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Order Number	00078957
Title	Library's art display, Metropolitan Building
Collection ID	Los Angeles Public Library Institutional Collection
Location/Accession	LAPL_IPC_b001_f7
Date	1926
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;20 x 25 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	The Metropolitan Building, located on 6th and Hill streets, was built in 1913 by architects John Parkinson and G. Edwin Bergstrom, and was demolished in the late 1960s. Other locations where the Los Angeles Public Library has been housed: 17 years in the Downey Block Building (1872-1889); 17 years in City Hall (1889-1906); 2 years in the Homer Laughlin Building (1906-1908); 6 years in the Hamburger Building (1908-1914); 12 years in the Metropolitan Building (1914-1926); 60 years in the Central Library Building* (1926-1986); *Closed to the public due to devastating fire (1986-1987); 6 years in the Los Angeles Design Center/Title Insurance + Trust Company (1987-1993); Central Library Building (1993-Present).
Description	View of the Library's main floor (possibly the 8th floor) located in the Metropolitan Building. It is a close-up of an art display next to a staircase, which leads to an upper floor (possibly the Metropolitan's 9th floor), housing the Science and Art departments. The art on display appears to be of Aztec and/or Mayan origin, and a small sign inside the glass case reads "Modern adaptation of ancient American art". This was the library's 5th home, from 1914-1926. Photograph dated: June 16, 1926.
Subject	Los Angeles Public Library. Metropolitan Building (Los Angeles, Calif.). Staircases--California--Los Angeles. Art objects--California--Los Angeles. Aztec art--California--Los Angeles. Maya art--California--Los Angeles. Libraries--California--Los Angeles. Parkinson, John,1861-1935. Bergstrom, G. E.(George Edwin),1876-1955.
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	Los Angeles Public Library Institutional Photo Collection