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Order Number	00032744
Title	Benjamin Franklin Branch, exterior
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	L.A.-Libraries-LAPL-Branches-Benjamin Franklin Branch; A-007-317 4x5
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Historical Data	The Boyle Heights Branch was the fourth of six Los Angeles branch libraries constructed between 1913 and 1916 with a $210,000 Carnegie grant for all of the branches. W.J. Dodd designed this branch in the Classical Revival style. The Boyle Heights branch began with library groups established in 1891, which later became the Boyle Heights Library Association in 1899. During the 1920's the library began to focus on a wide variety of ethnic literature for its changing population of constituents. In the late 1920's the name of the building was changed to Benjamin Franklin branch to conform with the Board of Library Commissioners' naming policy. The building was demolished in 1974.
Description	The Benjamin Franklin Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library, located at 2200 East 1st Street.
Subject	Los Angeles Public Library.--Benjamin Franklin Branch. Branch libraries--California--Boyle Heights (Los Angeles). Neoclassicism (Architecture)--California--Boyle Heights (Los Angeles). Carnegie libraries--California--Los Angeles. Streets--California--Boyle Heights (Los Angeles). Street-railroad tracks--California--Boyle Heights (Los Angeles). Automobiles--California--Los Angeles. Lawns--California--Los Angeles. Sidewalks--California--Boyle Heights (Los Angeles). Electric lines--Poles and towers. Lost architecture--California--Boyle Heights (Los Angeles). Dodd, William J.,1862-1930. First Street (Los Angeles, Calif.). Boyle Heights (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	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection