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The Warner murals in the Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Los Angeles, California

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    Ballin, Hugo

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    Approx. 12 items: 20+ pp. copied from the book, The Murals of Griffith Observatory, which the author dedicated to the memory of muralist Hugo Ballin ; LAT articles and obits on Hugo Ballin and his wife, Mabel Ballin, an actress.

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    Buildings - Fourth - Mural Restoration - Logs and Memos

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    Approx. 25 items: project logs, memos and other material related to the restoration of the Ballin murals in LAT Globe Lobby.

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    Los Angeles - Streets - Wilshire Boulevard

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    2 items: street map (with street widths and block lengths, in feet) titled "Robinson Plan for the development of Wilshire Boulevard between Park View and Figueroa Streets," no date ; LAT editorial, 3/29/1924, "Widening Wilshire Boulevard."

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