Know Your City No.17 Exterior view of the Mormon Temple on Santa Monica Blvd. in West Los Angeles, Calif.

Title: Know Your City No.17 Exterior view of the Mormon Temple on Santa Monica Blvd. in West Los Angeles, Calif.
Date Created: December 4, 1955
Date: 1955-12-04
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: ANSWER: Captured from ground level in the photograph is the magnificent new Mormon Temple on Santa Monica Blvd. in West Los Angeles. Occupying an entire block, the temple and its grounds cost approximately $6,000,000 and constitute the religion's largest shrine, including the famous temple in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is incomplete only in that certain interior details are unfinished.
Caption: KNOW YOUR CITY, NO. 17 -- This is the largest of its kind in the world. And its builders have some farther west than they originally intended. Brand new, this structure is not yet wholly finished. Figure on top is Angel Moroni. Answer on Page 22, Part 1A.

Genre: news photographs
Names: Los Angeles Temple (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Mormon temples--California--Los Angeles County
Landmarks
Fountains--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclalat_1429_b257_95950AQ
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002t4np
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