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Know Your City No.138 Angled view of entrance of Children's Home Society of California at 3100 W Adams Blvd. Los Angeles, Calif.

Description:: ANSWER: It probably wasn't fair to show such a small portion of the place, but this is the Children's Home Society of California, a licensed adoption agency at 3100 W Adams Blvd. But, the portion that was pictured should have been readily recognized because it faces the busy intersection of W Adams Blvd. and Arlington Ave.
Date:: April 4, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Construction of Los Angeles Federal Building at 11000 Wilshire Blvd. and Sepulveda, 1967

Date:: February 16, 1967
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cooper, Gil
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Know Your City No.201; Cityscape view looking west from the City Hall tower in Los Angeles, Calif., 1956

Description:: ANSWER: West. That's the way you were looking in the photo from the City Hall tower. That's the roof of the Hall of Records in the foreground. Over at the left is the Law Building and steel structure for the new County Courthouse. Beyond Temple St. at the right it the four-level interchange of the freeways and, way at the left, Beverly Blvd. goes over Belmont Hill. Hollywood and the Hollywood Hills are out there in the haze somewhere.
Date:: June 6, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Workmen razing old Warner Bros. studio on Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles, Calif., 1955

Date:: March 20, 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Know Your City No.147 Shakespeare Bridge and surrounding homes on Franklin Ave. Los Angeles, Calif.

Description:: Declared Historic-Cultural Monument #126 by the City of Los Angeles in 1974.
Date:: April 15, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Know Your City No.147 View from underneath of viaduct and streets at 1st Street and Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, Calif.

Description:: ANSWER: You really should have recognized the scene in the photo because it shows the viaduct where 1st St. becomes Beverly Blvd. and, what's more, shows 2nd St. where IT becomes Glendale Blvd. and, all in all, it's pretty doggone complicated.
Date:: April 13, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Premiere of motion picture "Life of Emile Zola" at the Carthay Circle Theater in Los Angeles, Calif., 1937

Date:: September 13, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Know Your City No.239 Exterior of Little Brown Church in the Valley, Studio City, Calif.

Description:: ANSWER: As many of you probably knew, the structure in the photo is the famous Little Brown Church in the Valley. Located at 4418 Coldwater Canyon Ave., North Hollywood, it was built alone by the Rev. John H. Wells, who is still its pastor. Its doors are never locked.
Date:: July 11, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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The Ambassador Hotel, aerial view, Los Angeles, Calif., 1986

Date:: May 18, 1986
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Lubas, Ken
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Know Your City No.44 Façade and front entrance of California State Building at 217 W 1st Street Los Angeles, Calif.

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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Night scene of Los Angeles City Hall with windows lit to form a cross in memorial to John F. Kennedy, Calif., 1963

Date:: November 25, 1963
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Know Your City No.35 Overhead view of the mosaic floor of the Los Angeles City Hall rotunda

Description:: ANSWER: Heart-shaped? Sure, isn't this the heart of the city? It's the mosaic floor of the City Hall rotunda. And you knew it all the time, didn’t you….?
Date:: December 22, 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Know Your City No.141 Entrance and façade of old Bimini Hot Springs and Bath Los Angeles, Calif.

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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Know Your City No.3 View down alleyway at Angels Flight car Los Angeles, Calif.

Description:: ANSWER:The photo shows Angels Flight as it crosses over Clay St. ("It is here angels do not have feet of clay" -- wow!) And a nickel does give you a lot of pull here because the cost of a round-trip ticket on this, the city's smallest franchised railroad, is -- 5 cents. But you probably guessed it. That angular car was a dead giveaway
Date:: November 20, 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Pedestrians and storefronts along skid row at 200 block of E. 5th Street in Los Angeles, Calif., 1967

Date:: January 30, 1967
1967-01-30
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Oliver, R. L.
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Know Your City No.10 Los Angeles' Health Department Building on E 1st Street

Description:: ANSWER:Right away, of course, you knew the structure in the photo is the new Health Department Building on E 1st St., between Main and Los Angeles Sts. This is the north side of it--as seen by the controversial statue in front of the new Police Building.
Date:: November 27, 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Know Your City No.124 Old Pacific Electric railroad trestle over Flecher Drive Los Angeles, Calif.

Description:: ANSWER: Shown in the photo is the southern end of the old Pacific Electric trestle over Fletcher Drive, just west of Riverside Drive. Over this high bridge, before they were replaced by busses, used to roll the interurban cars to Glendale and Burbank.
Date:: March 20, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Know Your City No.203 Private residence, Castle of Enchantment at 4857 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, Calif.

Description:: ANSWER: This "Castle of Enchantment," as the tablet in the entrance arch identifies it, is the unusual home, created by themselves, of Milton and Josie Hopkins. It is at 4857 Melrose Ave., just east of Western Ave.
Date:: June 8, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Joseph M. Cooper operates Angels Flight in Los Angeles, Calif., 1960

Description:: Declared Historic-Cultural Monument #4 by the City of Los Angeles in 1962.
Date:: May 28, 1960
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Know Your City No.40 Exterior view of Patriotic Hall at 1816 S Figueroa Street Los Angeles, Calif.

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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Know Your City No.41 Relief on façade of the Los Angeles Stock Exchange at 618 S Spring Street

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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Peace procession of Sacred Heart of Jesus Sacrament from the Plaza Church in Los Angeles, Calif., 1944

Date:: June 18, 1944
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Construction of the Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, Calif., 1976

Date:: April 11, 1976
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Sharkey, Larry
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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People out front of apartment building at 801 S. Union Avenue, deemed substandard in Los Angeles, Calif., 1986

Date:: June 5, 1986
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Meyer, Rick
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Street lined with fire engines during Los Angeles Central Library fire, 1986

Date:: April 30, 1986
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Gaunt, Jack
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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California Mart with Union Bank building at intersection of 9th and Main Sts. in Los Angeles, Calif., 1978

Date:: February 17, 1978
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Armstrong, Larry
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Copy of a photograph of a mansion at 8311 Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles, Calif., 1945

Date:: December 4, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Night scene of City Hall windows lighted to read "51" for the New Year in Los Angeles, Calif., 1951

Date:: January 1, 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Nighttime cityscape seen from city hall tower looking northwest, during dim-out in Los Angeles, Calif., 1943

Date:: October 29, 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Nighttime cityscape seen from city hall tower looking west, during dim-out in Los Angeles, Calif., 1943

Date:: October 29, 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Know Your City No.30 Courtyard of Casa de Adobe at 4603 N Figueroa Street Los Angeles, Calif.

Description:: Declared Historic-Cultural Monument #493 by the City of Los Angeles in 1990.
Date:: December 17, 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Know Your City No.31 Tower of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul Los Angeles Orphanage at 917 S. Boyle Ave

Description:: ANSWER: Framed in stately palms by the camera is the tower of the old and abandoned Los Angeles Orphanage at 917 S Boyle Ave. Operated by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, this home for girls was opened in 1890 and in use until 1953 when it was finally closed and a new home, called Maryvale, was opened in South San Gabriel.
Date:: December 18, 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Know Your City No.7 Mary Andrews Clark Memorial House

Description:: ANSWER: The impressive structure in the photo is the Mary Andrews Clark Memorial, a residence for working girls at 306 Loma Drive, at the corner of W 3rd St. Remember? It was built as a "living memorial" to his mother by Sen. Clark, the Montana "copper king."
Date:: November 24, 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Toxic waste site across from Los Angeles Union Station, 1986

Date:: July 2, 1986
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Court Flight cable cars serving hill at Broadway to Court Street in Los Angeles, Calif., 1935

Date:: February 4, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Construction Venice Beach pier; view from ocean looking towards the beach, Calif., 1964

Date:: May 7, 1964
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles Union Station's opening day parade, 1939

Date:: May 5, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Know Your City No.99 Entrance of the Barlow Medical Library Los Angeles, Calif., 1956

Description:: The Barlow Medical Library collection was transferred to UCLA in 1992 when the Los Angeles County Medical Association closed it's library.
Date:: February 24, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Know Your City No.4 Beethoven statue in Pershing Square, Los Angeles, 1955

Description:: ANSWER: Surely you recognized the statue, in studied stride, of Beethoven that stands in Pershing Square. The statue faces the intersection of 5th and Olive Sts., being out in this new position after having been stored during the excavation for the parking garage beneath the park
Date:: November 21, 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

South-west side of Los Angeles City Hall, Calif., 1949

Date:: October 9, 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Know Your City No.116 Front view of Stimson House at 2421 S Figueroa Street Los Angeles, Calif.

Description:: Declared Historic-Cultural Monument #212 by the City of Los Angeles in 1979.
Date:: March 12, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Know Your City No.127; Construction of steel framework of Los Angeles County Courthouse at 1st and Hill Streets, 1956

Description:: In 2002 the Los Angeles County Central Courthouse was renamed Stanley Mosk Courthouse in memory of Supreme Court Justice Stanley Mosk.
Date:: March 23, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Smoke billowing from Bradbury Building as firefighters response and crowd watches in downtown Los Angeles, Calif., 1947

Date:: May 4, 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Construction of Hindu temple at 1600 Las Virgenes Canyon Rd., near Malibu, Calif., 1984

Date:: September 2, 1984
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cohen, Cassy
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles Union Station's opening day parade, 1939

Date:: May 5, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Know Your City No.22 Night time view of Los Angeles' old Hall of Records

Description:: ANSWER:You surely recognized this as a night shot of the Hall of Records, made from the Spring St. side. Get the clues? -- "filing", Cupid (because the Marriage License Bureau is there)? And music? (Music-- Hall of Records, get it?)
Date:: December 9, 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Crowd lining street under the marquee of the Pantages Theater at the 31st Academy Awards in 1959

Date:: April 7, 1959
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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