Know Your City No.99 Entrance of the Barlow Medical Library Los Angeles, Calif., 1956
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34.0615102710845, -118.238586187362, Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., KNOW YOUR CITY, NO.99 -- Here's one that's really a toughie. Even if you can read the inscription on the building, there are few who will know exactly what or where it is. Nevertheless, it has a definite niche in Los Angeles history. See Page 26, Part ll., ANSWER: The Barlow Medical Library was built and stocked by the late Dr. Jarvis Barlow and might well be considered the origin of the Los Angeles County Medical Association. Situated at 742 N Broadway, it is across the street from a day health clinic operated as sort of an extension by the University of California. Both are now abandoned, the library finally closing during World War II, the clinic being shuttered in 1952. Out of the Barlow Medical Foundation grew the present Los Angeles County Medical Association., The Barlow Medical Library collection was transferred to UCLA in 1992 when the Los Angeles County Medical Association closed it's library.