Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection / Names: Los Angeles Times Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: View from the inside the clock tower of the old Los Angeles Times Building as it was being prepared for the May1938 demolition. Wooden beams are visible in the foreground and the newly completed Los Angeles Times Building can be seen in the distance through triple arch opening in the tower wall.
Date:: 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View from Broadway facing southwest towards First St. The old Los Angeles Times building and the adjacent building on the same block are being prepared for the May 1938 demolition. There is scaffolding around the base of both buildings. A sign on the adjacent building reads: "Being Wrecked by LA Wrecking Co. Inc., 810 E. 9th ... VA5135." A man on the 3rd floor of the adjacent building is handing wooden beams to a man on top of the scaffolding, who hands them to a man on the flatbed of a truck parked next to the scaffolding. A painted sign on the Times building reads: "Los Angeles Times, Largest Home Delivered Circulation on the Pacific Coast." The clock tower with its neon "Times" sign is visible above the roof line of the adjacent building. Old signs on the adjacent build read: "Double Cola," and "Old Mis[sion]."
Date:: 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View from First St. towards Broadway and the old Los Angeles Times Building as it was being prepared for the May 1938 demolition. There is scaffolding at the third story and the top level of the clock tower, and the clock has been removed. A sign on a commercial building across the street reads: "139 / ... Artistic / Hair Shaping / 50 / IN LOBBY / OF LAW BLDG. / Tel ..." A sign on a small trailer attached to a parked car reads: "20th CENTURY FOX / FILM CORPORATION."
Date:: !938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The California Botanic Garden in Mandeville Canyon opened in 1928. The garden closed in 1935 due to financial difficulties brought on by the Great Depression.
Date:: March 15, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The back of the Los Angeles Times third building, which ceased operation in 1934. A row of cars are parked along the sidewalk and several ads are posted on the wall, including one for the Los Angeles Times Bible Game held in 1934.
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The back of the Los Angeles Times third building, which ceased operation in 1934. A row of cars are parked along the sidewalk and several ads are posted on the wall, including one for the Los Angeles Times Bible Game held in 1934.
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Several dictionaries are on display at the third Los Angeles Times building on First and Broadway. The panel in the middle advertises Campbell's Bookstore.
Date:: [circa 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View of the old Los Angeles Times Building at the northeast corner of 1st St. and Broadway with its rusticated stone facade, crenelated top, corner dome, and clock tower with a neon "Times" sign. The scaffolding around the base was part of the preparation for May 1937 demolition.
Date:: 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Related to article, "Booth Army Has Parade: General Lauded by Mayor" Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 1935
Date:: October 26, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The massive Times building can be seen as throngs of people march by in front of spectators crowding the edges of the sidewalks.
Date:: November 11, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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