Dedication ceremony for the State Building in new Civic Center, Los Angeles, 1932

Title: Dedication ceremony for the State Building in new Civic Center, Los Angeles, 1932
Date Created: July 29, 1932
Date: 1932-07-29
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Thousands gather along South Spring Street to view dedication ceremony of State Building. The row of buildings, from left to right: State Building, Hall of Records, Los Angeles County Courthouse, Hall of Justice.
This photograph appears with the article, “State Building Dedicated in Colorful Ceremony,” Los Angeles Times, 30 Jul 1932: A1.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: State Bldg
Text from newspaper caption: Scenes at Formal Opening Exercises of New State Edifice Attended by 15,000 Spectators; Monument Erected to Creative Genius of California Workingmen; Left—Vice President Curtis and Gov. Rolph at ceremonies. Center—View of crowd attending dedicatory ceremonies of State Building (left.) Right—Vice President Curtis presenting Distinguished Flying Cross to Amelia Earhart.
Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles Buildings, State Bldg., Dedication

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Hall of Records (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles County Courthouse (Los Angeles, Calif.)
State Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Hall of Justice (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.053079
Latitude: -118.244288
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Buildings--California--Los Angeles
Dedications--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_5830
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cvxnq
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Rights Country: US
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