B'nai B'rith Synagogue (Temple)

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Photograph of the B'nai B'rith Synagogue (Temple), located on Hope and 9th Streets, Los Angeles, ca.1900. The front facade was composed of two square towers with onion tops flanking the central aisle. "B'nai B'rith", the name of the temple, is prominently displayed on the façade, right below the circular stained-glass window where the Star of David embossed in it. Above the circular stained glass window is the numbers "56561896" embossed or carved in stone. Directly above it are what appear to be two arched windows with Hebrew writings resembling an open book. The building was made of brick and the Star of David topped the central gable and the onion tops. Each of the towers and the right gable has smaller decorative towers standing on each of its corners. Streetcar tracks line the dirt road in front of the temple. Silhouettes of utility poles can be seen on the sidewalk and the dirt road."The great researcher, Mae Brussell, grew up in the shadow of her father, Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin.