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Order Number	00115476
Title	Display of old Hall of Records
Photographer	King, Dave.
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 60
Date	1974
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Historical Data	Constructed between 1909 and 1911 at a cost of over a million dollars, the 12-story Hall of Records building was located at 220 N. Broadway. Built to relieve overcrowding in the county's courthouse, the Hall of Records consolidated most county offices under one roof. The building was ornate, with a roof that featured finials, pyramidal gables, and copper ribbing. Its upper floors were divided into two pairs of wings, which joined at a central elevator shaft. As the Civic Center was modernized, the Hall of Records stood out, not only because of the architectural style, but also because it stood at an angle from the newer buildings on the city grid. A new Hall of Records was erected in 1962 and the old building was demolished in September, 1973. The Criminal Courts Building was renamed the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in 2002, after Clara S. Foltz, the first female lawyer on the west coast of the United States and the first to propose the creation of a public defender's office.
Description	Photograph caption dated March 20, 1974 reads "Grace C. Richards examines photo of old Hall of Records in lobby of Criminal Courts Building, 210 W. Temple St. She was one of many people passing through lobby who stopped to look at display detailing growth of Civic Center from 1891-1973." Richards is standing in front of several photographs of the old Hall of Records displayed on a wall.
Subject	Los Angeles County Hall of Records (Los Angeles, Calif. : 1911-1962). Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center (Los Angeles, Calif.). Photography--Exhibitions. Public buildings--California--Los Angeles. Women--California--Los Angeles. Civic centers--California--Los Angeles. Lobbies (Rooms)--California--Los Angeles. Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles. Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
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 Herald Examiner Photo Collection