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Central Library @ 90!

Central Library

Celebrate the 90th Birthday of an L.A. Landmark

Wednesday. July 6th, 2016
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Central Library

Central Library is celebrating 90 years in its iconic home in downtown Los Angeles. Learn more about our event. Read the Docent's Blog Post, "Happy 90th Birthday, Goodhue Building!"

Staff from Central departments including, Registration, Sociology, Catalog, Literature, School & Teachers, and Science represent LAPL on a float for City Hall Dedication Day, 1928

Circulation clerical staff at Los Angeles Central Library, 1935.

Circulation Staff at work at Los Angeles Central Library, circa 1950s.

Various staff members receive service pins from BOLC President Rufus B. von KleinSmid, 1950s.

Central Library staff in hard hats after library fire, 1986.

Central Library Lives, after the 1986 fire.

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The Los Angeles Public Library serves the largest most diverse population of any library in the United States.

Through its Central Library and 72 branches, the Los Angeles Public Library provides free and easy access to information, ideas, books and technology that enrich, educate and empower every individual in our city's diverse communities.

With more people than ever before using the library—a record 17 million last year alone—your support helps the Library provide people with the resources they need to succeed and thrive.

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You can support the Los Angeles Public Library in several ways:

Join a “Friends” group. There is a “Friends of the Library” group for most branch libraries and departments of the Central Library. Friends groups raise money for improvements to their library through memberships, used book sales and other activities. For more information click here or talk to your local librarian.

Join the Library Foundation of Los Angeles. The Library Foundation is a non-profit organization that raises funds for Library enhancement programs such as adult and early literacy, children and teen reading clubs, technology, and cultural programs. Foundation members receive a variety of benefits with their membership. For more information, see http://www.lfla.org.

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Support the Library, 630 W. Fifth St., Los Angeles CA 90071 or call (213) 228-7555.

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