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Description:: The Griffith Observatory was created using a design developed by architects John C. Austin and Frederick M. Ashley based on preliminary sketches by Russell W. Porter.
Date:: [circa 1934-1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Exterior view of the Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church from the north-east at Plymouth and Wilshire Boulevards.
Date:: [circa 1925-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View of Beverly Hills City Hall, a Mediterranean Revival style building by Koerner and Gage, Architects, with a 9 story tower and 2 wings, shortly after it was completed.
Date:: April 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View facing S-SW towards from E. De. La Guerra St towards La Placita building, a Spanish colonial style commercial building with a wooden balcony, terracotta tile roof, arched windows and an exterior staircase. A painted sign above a doorway reads: "The Nielson-Smith Electric Co." The postal address of the building is 740 State St.
Date:: [circa 1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The Griffith Observatory was created using a design developed by architects John C. Austin and Frederick M. Ashley based on preliminary sketches by Russell W. Porter.
Date:: [circa 1934-1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: The Griffith Observatory was created using a design developed by architects John C. Austin and Frederick M. Ashley based on preliminary sketches by Russell W. Porter.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Exterior view of the main facade of the Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church. Signs on the church advertise a fundraising effort to prevent foreclosure, reading: "Save The Tower! $25,000 will do it. Will You Give It?" and "$50,000 Will Save This Church. Have You Given Your Bit for Religion? This Church belongs to Everybody." A tower-shaped sign to indicate the status of the fundraising effort is at the corner of the property. Other signs read: "Leila Castberg Preacher ... Church of Divine Power...Service, Sunday 7:30," and "May 6 The Miracle Church, Dr. Frank Dyer...Duled By Money...7:30."
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The Griffith Observatory was created using a design developed by architects John C. Austin and Frederick M. Ashley based on preliminary sketches by Russell W. Porter.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

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