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Order Number	00078418
Title	Central Library at the Design Center of Los Angeles
Photographer	Moore, Cary.
Collection ID	Cary Moore Collection Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession	S-000-232.30 35mm
Date	Circa 1990
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;17 x 25 cm. on sheet 21 x 26 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	The Title Insurance & Trust Company Building was designed by architects John and Donald Parkinson, and was built by the Scofield Engineering-Construction Company, in 1928. The ten-story, Zig-Zag Moderne style building, has an Art Deco marble lobby, which includes murals by Hugo Ballin. In 1979, architect-developer Ragnar C. Qvale acquired the building and converted it into the Design Center of Los Angeles. "The Queen of Spring Street", as it came to be known, was leased in 1981 to wholesale household furniture showrooms. In 1987, this historic building was once again leased, and became the temporary home of the Los Angeles Public Library, during the latter's reconstruction of its original building after its devastating fire. The Title Insurance & Trust Company Building was designated Historic Cultural Landmark #385.
Description	Librarian John Carroll stands next to a chair behind the reference desk of the Business & Economics Department; two additional (but unidentified) staff members stand on either side of him. A handful of library patrons can be seen scattered throughout the department. When this photograph was taken, the Los Angeles Public Library was housed in the Design Center of Los Angeles, formerly the Title Insurance & Trust Company Building, located at 433 S. Spring Street.
Subject	Los Angeles Public Library. Title Insurance Building (Los Angeles, Calif.). Library buildings--California--Los Angeles. Library shelving--California--Los Angeles. Library users--California--Los Angeles. Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments. Librarians--California--Los Angeles. Libraries--California--Los Angeles. Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles. Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.). Parkinson, Donald B.(Donald Berthold),1895-1945. Parkinson, John,1861-1935. Qvale, Ragnar C. Scofield Engineering-Construction Company.
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 Photographers Photo Collection