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1913 and 1951 Sanborn maps of the Hollywood High School campus...only two buildings survived the effects of the 1933 Long Beach
earthquake and still stand. The earliest of the two (ca. 1910) was originally the school's auditorium and later became the library,
which it remains today. This building is seen at the upper right corners of the maps above. (A new auditorium--the other remaining
pre-quake building--was built just north of the old in 1925 and is not visible on the map; its facade was last modernized in 1956.)
(Orange Drive was originally Orlando Avenue; also note that Sunset had been widened by 1951.)
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The auditorium/library as it originally appeared
The Living New Deal
The library as altered in 1935
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The library today. I'm glad we have what's survived, but regret that as with so much of the old architecture of Los Angeles, its
charms are marred by the parking lot, not mention the fencing and the dish and whatever kind of blasted tree that is at right.