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Order Number	00078497
Title	Southwest Museum Archeology and Ethnology Halls
Photographer	Clifton, George F.
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	L.A.-Museums-Southwest Museum
Date	[ca. 1930]
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	Charles Fletcher Lummis founded the Southwest Museum in 1907. The museum moved from Downtown Los Angeles to its current location at 234 Museum Drive in Mt. Washington in 1914, and has been there ever since. The 1914 building was designed by architects Sumner P. Hunt and Silas Reese Burns. It became part of the Autry National Center in 2004. The building is registered on the National Register of Historic Places #92001270.
Description	The interior of the Archeology and Ethnology Halls of the Southwest Museum. The room is vaulted with skylights. Shades are drawn at the arched windows which have their transoms opened. Display cases in the middle contain Native American artifacts of daily life, including a kneeling skeleton and a separate case of skulls. A large painting on the back wall hangs above a display of kachina dolls. Other cases on the wall, left, display Southwest pottery while above are hung various baskets. A sign on the arched door, left, reads: Torrance Hall of Fine Arts, gift of Jared Sidney Torrance.
Subject	Southwest Museum of the American Indian. Indians of North America--California--Antiquities. Museums--California--Los Angeles. Indians of North America--Museums--California--Los Angeles. Exhibitions--California--Los Angeles. Architecture--California--Los Angeles--Spanish influences. Historic sites--California--Los Angeles. Lummis, Charles Fletcher,1859-1928. Hunt, Sumner P. Burns, Silas Reese.
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