Groundbreaking ceremony for State Building on Spring and First streets, Los Angeles, 1930

Title: Groundbreaking ceremony for State Building on Spring and First streets, Los Angeles, 1930
Date Created: August 21, 1930
Date: 1930-08-21
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: A crowd is gathered around a platform next to a digger and underneath a sign announcing the construction of the State Building.
This photograph appears with the article, “State Building Ground Broken,” Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug 1930: A1.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles Buildings, State Bldg. Groundbreak X
Text from newspaper caption: Earth Turned for Administrative Structure; Notables Join in Impressive Program. Above—Scene at groundbreaking ceremony for State Building at First and Spring streets. Below—Gov. Young (right) and John C. Austin (center) turn first shovels of earth at site.

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_5831
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cvxp7
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Rights Country: US
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