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Order Number	00086109
Title	Vernon Branch Library
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	L.A.-Libraries-LAPL-Branches-Vernon
Date	1928
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;19 x 26 cm. on board 19 x 26 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Description	Exterior view of the Vernon Branch Library, 4504 South Central Avenue which was built in 1915 with a Carnegie grant totaling $35,000 and designed by Charles H. Kysor & Charles H. Biggar in the Classical Revival style. It had an open air reading room that could be converted into a closed room by means of a sliding sash. The library replaced a library delivery station that had been maintained by neighborhood residents since 1901. In 1974, this building was demolished after it had suffered significant damage in the 1971 earthquake. Photograph dated March 30, 1928.
Subject	Los Angeles Public Library.--Vernon Branch. Branch libraries--California--Los Angeles. Library buildings--California--Los Angeles. Public libraries--California--Los Angeles. Carnegie libraries--California--Los Angeles. Kysor & Biggar.
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