Subject: Façades--California--Los Angeles / Genre: news photographs / Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc. / Subject: Landmarks - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: The 1971 earthquake rendered the building unsafe and it was torn down in 1975.
Date:: December 31, 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: ANSWER: Shown in the photo is the entrance to the old Bimini Hot Springs and Bath. Situated at 180 Bimini Place, just east of Vermont Ave., "Bimini" enjoyed years of great popularity as a health spot-- had mineral baths, steam baths and no less than three swimming pools.
Date:: April 7, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: ANSWER: Of course -- building in the photo is Patriotic Hall at 1816 S Figueroa St., headquarters and meeting place of various service organizations.
Date:: December 27, 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: ANSWER: The two animals, distinguishable on either side of the throne, are the bull and the bear. Add that to the human figures holding the ticker tape and you could get only one answer: The Los Angeles Stock Exchange at 618 S Spring St.
Date:: December 28, 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Sculpture depicts a barefoot, muscular young man in working clothes in a squatting position. He is holding up a large wheel that rests on the ground in front of him. The interior of the wheel is cast in relief, with wheels, gears, and other symbols of the industrial age.
Date:: January 5, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: ANSWER: The handsome structure in the photo is the main building of John Marshall High School at 3939 Tracy St., in the Los Feliz-Silver Lake district. Inasmuch as the school is named after the great Chief Justice it is only natural that its athletic teams are known as the Barristers.
Date:: April 16, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: St. Sophia Cathedral, located at 1324 South Normandy Ave., opened in 1952. It was commissioned by theater executive Charles R. Skouras. Designed by the firm Walker, Kalionzes & Klingerman, it is frequently attributed to Gus Kalionzes. Artist William Chavalas, who trained at the Academy of arts in Athens and was the artistic director at 20th Century Fox designing film sets and movie theaters, created the wall paintings and designed the stained glass. St. Sophia is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #120.
Date:: March 16, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Declared Historic-Cultural Monument #183 by the City of Los Angeles in 1978; it was destroyed by fire in 1989.
Date:: February 15, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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