Governor Young and John C. Austin at groundbreaking ceremony for State Building, Los Angeles, 1930

Title: Governor Young and John C. Austin at groundbreaking ceremony for State Building, 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: Governor C. C. Young (far right) and John C. Austin (center) joined officials during the groundbreaking ceremony for the new State Building on First and Spring streets. A sign in the background estimates the cost of the construction to be $1,250,000.
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. Augustin (center) turn first shovels of earth at site.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Young, C. C. (Clement Calhoun), 1869-1947
Austin, John C. W. (John Corneby Wilson), 1870-1963
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.053207
Latitude: -118.244516
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Governors--American--California--Los Angeles
Architects
Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_5833
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cvxr8
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Rights Country: US
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