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Photo montage of laying of Los Angeles Times building cornerstone

Description: Black and white photo montage including two smaller images superimposed over a larger background photo. The larger photo shows the audience listening to Colonel Tom Fitch giving principal address at laying of Los Angeles Times building cornerstone in 1911. Smaller inset on left shows John P. Krempel, architect, on left and Carl Leonardt, contractor, handling "time capsule" box. Cut-out photo to right is of publisher Harrison Gray Otis in profile. Photo has written text on top border, with white and gray paint around specific areas, with some pencil lines drawn around outlines of objects.
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Date: 1 October 1911
Call number: mssLAT 000068
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Laying of the cornerstone for the Los Angeles Times building

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Black and white photograph. Pictured are (L - R) F.X. Pfaffinger, Harry Chandler, Marian Otis Chandler, Jacob Baum & Norman Chandler posing at the laying of the cornerstone for 4th Los Angeles Times building, 1934. Sue Reeves Collection.

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Oscar Lawler and Harry Chandler lunch following cornerstone laying at the Times building

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Black and white photograph. (L to R) Oscar Lawler and Harry Chandler at a luncheon atop Times-Mirror building following the cornerstone laying at the Times building.

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Harrison Gray Otis addressing crowd at dedication of Los Angeles Times Third Building

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Partial black and white photograph of Harrison Gray Otis addressing a crowd at the dedication of the Third Building at the Los Angeles Times. Full length and side view, standing with dark coat and slacks. View of building in background. Several women in formal dresses and hats; out of focus in foreground. Photo has been cut; edges are uneven and torn. Related to Image Number 000151 - larger view.

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Men on tour of Los Angeles Times plant standing in front of portrait of Harrison Gray Otis

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Black and white photograph of a group of men on a tour of the Los Angeles Times plant standing in front of portrait of Harrison Gray Otis. Portrait appears to be Image Number 000003. Photo has been marked up and cropped for publication, bottom center is torn. Bottom third of photo is scratched, with "X" on face of man to left and on shirt of man on right.

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Cornerstone laying at Angelica Lutheran Church, 1805 West 14th, Los Angeles. Easter Sunday, April 4, 1925

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A panoramic view of the cornerstone laying ceremony for Angelica Lutheran Church, located at 1805 West 14th in Los Angeles. The bricks and window frames along the long sides of the church are already in progress, and the crowd of a couple hundred men, women, and children are gathered between those walls. Most of the people are at ground level, but some are standing on scaffolding along the side walls and piles of building materials in the back. Writing in white at bottom of image reads "Cornerstone laying ; Angelica Lutheran Church ; Easter Sunday ; April 12 1925"; writing in white in lower right corner reads "No. 649 ; Aerograph Co. ; 1793 W. Vernon Ave ; Los Angeles".

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Portrait of Harrison Gray Otis

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Black and white photograph in profile and bust length of Harrison Gray Otis at age 56, wearing dark double-breasted suit and bow tie, with pin on left lapel. "3715." seen in bottom left corner of photo. Tape remnants visible on left and right side edges of photo. Smaller and lighter print of Image Number 000006.

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Photo montage of laying of Los Angeles Times building cornerstone

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