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Order Number	00018909
Title	Women's Christian Temperance Union Temple
Collection ID	Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Collection
Location/Accession	C-181-(9243) 4x5
Date	Circa 1920
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w
Historical Data	The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) stands for the complete abstinence from alcohol, tobacco, and all harmful drugs and protection of the home. As the membership of the WCTU grew throughout the U.S, a call went out from Mary Hait Gould, a resident of Los Angeles, to Frances Willard to organize a local group in Southern California. On September 20 and 21, 1883, the first State Convention was called and the WCTU of Southern California was organized at the First Presbyterian Church, 2nd and Fort (now Broadway) Streets, Los Angeles. This temple was dedicated in 1889 after money had been donated for its construction in 1886. The Frances E. Willard Home For Girls was housed on the 4th floor from its inception in 1919 until 1933, when the Long Beach Earthquake severely damaged the building. The County of Los Angeles took the site by eminent domain and constructed a power plant where the venerable Temperance Temple once stood in 1947. When the Temple was completely razed in 1950, its corner stone was presented to the WCTU
Description	View of the Temperance Temple of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), located at 301 N. Broadway at Temple Street.
Subject	Temperance Temple (Los Angeles, Calif.). Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Temperance--United States--Societies, etc. Streets--California--Los Angeles. Associations, institutions, etc.--California--Los Angeles. Women--California--Los Angeles--Societies and clubs. Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles. Broadway (Los Angeles, Calif.). Temple Street (Los Angeles, Calif.). Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.).
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 Public Library Legacy Photo Collection