View of the booking room of the Los Angeles County Jail, 1940-1949

Photograph of a view of the booking room of the Los Angeles County Jail, 1940-1949. A metal counter sits in the center of the image, running from the foreground to the centerground, bearing papers and other objects; an arrow-shaped sign reading "Information" hangs above it. A low bench runs along the brick wall on the left of the image, desks and chairs sit on the right side. In the right centerground, an area is enclosed by a wire mesh structure. More mesh covers the barred doors in the left background of the image, which sit next to a sign reading "Prisoners U-Gate [...hier]". An office-like space is visible in the right background, with another desk that bears a fan, a telephone, and several books. The floor of the booking room is bare concrete, while pipes and ducts are exposed in the ceiling.; Picture file card reads "Note on the original card: 'presumably on the 10th floor of the Hall of Justice'".