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San Pedro Municipal Building under construction, San Pedro, 1928

Description:
Bird's-eye view of steel beams framing the lower portion of San Pedro Municipal Building, also known as San Pedro City Hall, under construction, with 2 cranes at work, man working on framing, wooden barrier along sidewalk, intersection and cars in foreground, businesses in left background, Los Angeles Harbor in right background. Business signs read: Foot's Transfer and Storage, Hotel, Eastside, Money to Loan, Motel Vernon, Dentist
Date:
1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
San Pedro Municipal Building under construction, San Pedro, 1928

Maxwell K. Baughman looking through the Zeiss refracting telescope at the Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, 1934-1935

Description:
View of Maxwell K. Baughman looking through the twelve-inch (305 mm) Zeiss refracting telescope in the east dome of the newly constructed Griffith Observatory. Baughman, a technician at the Griffith Planetarium, worked with Paul Lange, a planetarium expert from Jena Germany, to install the telescope from September 1934 to January 1935.
Date:
1934-1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Maxwell K. Baughman looking through the Zeiss refracting telescope at the Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, 1934-1935

Griffith Observatory near completion, bird's-eye view facing south, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Bird's-eye view of the Griffith Observatory facing south towards the straight line of Los Feliz Boulevard in the distance. The observatory appears to be in the final phase of completion, with the Astronomers Monument in place but with the parts of the walkway and the south end of E. Observatory Avenue unpaved.
Date:
1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Griffith Observatory near completion, bird's-eye view facing south, Los Angeles, 1935

Griffith Observatory, exterior view of the west dome during construction, Los Angeles, circa 1934-1935

Description:
Exterior view of the south face of the west telescope dome during landscaping and the final phase of construction with wheel barrows at the base of the tower beneath the exterior staircase to the roof. The original concrete surface is visible; consistent with other similar architecture of the day, the Observatory's concrete walls were left unpainted in the 1930s and 1940s.
Date:
[circa 1934-1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Griffith Observatory, exterior view of the west dome during construction, Los Angeles, circa 1934-1935

San Pedro Municipal Building under construction, San Pedro, 1928

Description:
Bird's-eye view of steel beams framing the lower portion of San Pedro Municipal Building, also known as San Pedro City Hall, under construction, with 2 cranes at work, 2 men working on framing, wooden barrier along sidewalk, intersection, pedestrian, and cars in foreground, businesses in foreground and visible through framing, Los Angeles Harbor in background. Business signs read: Stationery, Cigars, Rainbow Cafe
Date:
1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
San Pedro Municipal Building under construction, San Pedro, 1928

San Pedro Municipal Building under construction, San Pedro, 1928

Description:
Related to the article “Port City Hall Rising Swiftly, Building at Harbor May be Ready by June, Corner-stone Laying Plans Now Being Formed, Sons of Golden West Will be at Ceremony.” Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 1928: A6. The article states: Work on the $570,000 Los Angeles Harbor district branch City Hall is proceeding rapidly …
Date:
1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
San Pedro Municipal Building under construction, San Pedro, 1928

Griffith Observatory, exterior view of the west and central domes the during construction, Los Angeles, circa 1934-1935

Description:
Oblique exterior view of the south faces of the west and central domes of the Griffith Observatory from the west-south-west during the final phase of construction. Signs of construction include a tall ladder resting against a buttress of the central dome, wheel barrows next to the west dome and a pile of dirt in the foreground. The original concrete surface is visible; consistent with other similar architecture of the day, the Observatory's concrete walls were left unpainted in the 1930s and 1940s.
Date:
[circa 1934-1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Griffith Observatory, exterior view of the west and central domes the during construction, Los Angeles, circa 1934-1935

Griffith Observatory, exterior view of the south face during construction, Los Angeles, circa 1934-1935

Description:
Exterior view of the Griffith Observatory during construction with the skeleton of steel girders of the three domes visible. At the base of the central dome wooden supports for concrete molds for the pilaster finials are visible as well. The original concrete surface is visible; consistent with other similar architecture of the day, the Observatory's concrete walls were left unpainted in the 1930s and 1940s.
Date:
[circa 1934-1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Griffith Observatory, exterior view of the south face during construction, Los Angeles, circa 1934-1935