The Mar Vista library goes way back to 1927 when the city of LA annexed the area and Mar Vista was advertised in the newspaper as "on the shortest boulevard to the sea" The first Mar Vista branch was in the librarian's home (Mrs. Florence Dibble) and was only open 9 hours a week. The library was always popular and in 1950 the one pictured at 12310 Venice was opened for business. A bigger and better one followed in 1962 and then today's way cooler one recently.(these and many other old photos are available on the LAPL webpage under photo collection)
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