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Beverly Hills City Hall, Beverly Hills. 1932

Description: A street view of Beverly Hills City Hall. The main part of the building is three stories, with a tower in the center that goes up to about eight stories. Two one-story wings stretch between the main part of the building and the street. A man in a suit stands in front of the building, at the top of a fountain which extends part of the way up the front steps. There are young palm trees planted in the courtyard just in front of the building. Located at the corner of Crescent Drive and Burton, the building was opened in 1932.
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Date: 1932
Call number: photCL 470 (134)
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Beverly Hills City Hall, Beverly Hills. 1932

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A detail of photCL 470 (132) focusing on Beverly Hills City Hall. Located at the corner of Crescent Drive and Burton, the building was opened in 1932. The area in the foreground is commercial, and is separated from City Hall by light rail tracks.

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Beverly Hills City Hall and residential and commercial areas, Beverly Hills. May 20, 1932

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A slightly elevated panoramic view of Beverly Hills, showing City Hall, parks, and residential and commercial areas. Beverly Gardens Park, with its wide lawns, young trees, and lily ponds, separates the residential area beyond it, filled with palm-lined streets and houses, from the commercial area on the right, with the Security First National Bank of Los Angeles, the Beverly Hills Community Store, and the Beverly Hills Realty Co. The road stretching from the bottom left corner, past the towering City Hall building on the right, is Santa Monica. There are light rail lines along the near side of Santa Monica. Writing in white in the lower right corner reads "Photo By - ; C.C. Pierce & Co. ; 1572 W. Pico Blvd. L.A. ; 5-20-1932."

photCL 470 (132)

City Hall, Beverly Hills, Cal

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Image of the Beverly Hills City Hall building showing the corner of an automobile parked on the street and street lights in Beverly Hills, California.

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City Hall, Beverly Hills, Cal

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Image of the Beverly Hills City Hall building with automobiles parked on the street in Beverly Hills, California.

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Part of Los Angeles city

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Elevated view looking down North Main Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, with horse-drawn trolleys, wagons, and carriages, in the dirt street. The Baker Block building with tower (at the corner of Main Street and Arcadia Street) is at center right, a part of the three-story Ducommon Building (at the corner of Main Street and Commercial Street) can be seen at far right). A sign for "Furniture, Carpets, Wall Paper," can be seen in the distance. A 150-foot tall electric street light, which was installed in 1882, can be seen at center right.

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Buck & Stoddard oil well supply, 3354 East Slauson, Los Angeles. 1924

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A panoramic view of the warehouse of Buck & Stoddard oil well supply. The part of the building facing the street is made of brick, has awnings over the windows, and an American flag over the front entrance. The main part of the building has metal siding and opens onto a yard filled with large, flat panels of metal. There is a small crane and a water tower on the sides of the yard. Writing in white in lower right corner reads "No 466 ; The Aerograph Co. ; 5880 Moneta Ave. ; Los Angeles, Calif."

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Beverly Hills City Hall, Beverly Hills. 1932

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