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Order Number	00078950
Title	Library reading room, City Hall
Collection ID	Los Angeles Public Library Institutional Collection
Location/Accession	LAPL_IPC_b001_f3; A-001-833 4x5; A-007-963 8x10 (Additional print)
Date	Circa 189-
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 14 cm. on sheet 21 x 26 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	The Los Angeles Public Library and other municipal departments, as well as offices were housed at City Hall from 1888 until 1928. 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	Interior view of the Library's reading room at City Hall, possibly in the 1890s. It shows a large room with several long tables in the middle of the room, a long shelf full of books on the left, and several 'vertical' periodical holders on the right. Hanging lamps illuminate the room and framed pictures decorate the walls. The library was housed here from1889-1906.
Subject	Los Angeles Public Library. Library shelving--California--Los Angeles. City halls--California--Los Angeles. Libraries--California--Los Angeles.
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.
Internal Notes	Additional print: 00078940 (A-007-963 8x10).
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Public Library Institutional Photo Collection