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

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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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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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

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

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

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

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

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