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Description:: Althea Warren sitting at an office desk and posing with a telephone. Books, papers, a flower arrangement, and office supplies are placed on the desk.
Date:: July, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Althea Warren sitting at an office desk. Warren is looking down at a book held in her hands. There are books, office supplies, and folders of papers on the desk. A tapestry is hanging on the wall above a telephone.
Date:: July, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Photograph of the title page of the Baskerville Bible. In English, it reads, “The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New: Translated out of the Original Tongues and with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revifed, By His Majesty’s Special Command, Appointed to be Read in Churches. Cambridge, Printed by John Baskerville, Printer to the University, M DCC LXIII. Cum Privilegio.”
Date:: July 9, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Construction occurring in front of Powell Library. Piles of dirt surround the library with workers holding shovels and working at the entrance.
Date:: 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph of Crown Princess Louise (L) and Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden (R) with Mayor George Cryer (2nd from L) in front of the newly completed Central Library on the first day of their visit to Los Angeles
Date:: July 22, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Dean Cornwell and an assistant painting a portion of the "Four Great Eras of California History" mural below the rotunda of the Los Angeles Public (Central) Library. Cornwell is wearing a smock and holding a paint brush and a palette. Above him, standing on scaffolding, is an assistant holding a paintbrush.
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Dean Cornwell and 2 assistants painting a portion of the "Four Great Eras of California History" mural below the rotunda of the Los Agneles Public (Central) Library. Cornwell is wearing a smock and holding a sketch as he gestures toward the mural. Below him stand two assistants with paint brushes and a palette.
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Dean Cornwell was an American painter and illustrator who was prominent in the early 20th century. His works include illustrations for Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, and Good Housekeeping. He also painted several other murals besides those for the L.A. library, including for the locations: the Warwick Hotel New York, 10 Rockefeller Plaza New York, and the Sevier State Office Building in Tennessee. He is mentioned in several L.A. Times articles, including one dated June 21, 1931, which covers his research process for the murals for the L.A. library.
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Dean Cornwell was an American painter and illustrator who was prominent in the early 20th century. His works include illustrations for Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, and Good Housekeeping. He also painted several other murals besides those for the Los Angeles Public (Central) Library, including for the locations: the Warwick Hotel New York, 10 Rockefeller Plaza New York, and the Sevier State Office Building in Tennessee. He is mentioned in several L.A. Times articles, including one dated June 21, 1931, which covers his research process for the murals for the Los Angeles Public (Central) Library.
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Dean Cornwell was an American painter and illustrator who was prominent in the early 20th century. His works include illustrations for Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, and Good Housekeeping. He also painted several other murals besides those for the Los Angeles Public (Central) Library, including for the locations: the Warwick Hotel New York, 10 Rockefeller Plaza New York, and the Sevier State Office Building in Tennessee. He is mentioned in several L.A. Times articles, including one dated June 21, 1931, which covers his research process for the murals for the Los Angeles Public (Central) Library.
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

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