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

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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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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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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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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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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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: 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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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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