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Title
General Harrison Grey Otis statue
Alternative Title
Works Progress Administration Photo Collection
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
In the mid-1800s, this area was a swampland. MacArthur Park, created in the 1880s under the name Westlake Park, was later renamed in honor of General Douglas MacArthur. By the 1890s, it was a vacation destination surrounded by luxury hotels; in the early part of the 20th Century, the area became known as the Champs Elysees of Los Angeles. MacArthur Park has been designated City of Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #100.
View of a statuary group located in MacArthur Park, showing General Harrison Grey Otis, a soldier, and a newspaper boy, sculpted by Paul Troubetzkoy in 1920. The plaque embedded on the rock that General Otis stands on reads: "General Harrison Grey Otis. 1837-1917. Soldier, Journalist, Friend of Freedom. Stand Fast, Stand Firm, Stand Sure, Stand True". Originally, there were three figures (those pictured), but the soldier has since been lost, apparently hit by an automobile, and placed in storage at the Otis Art Institute.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;23 x 18 cm. on board 23 x 20 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00076376
Works Progress Administration Collection
WPA (6012); L.A.-Parks-MacArthur Park
CARL0000079061
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/111017
Subject
Otis, Harrison Gray,--1837-1917--Statues
Statues--California--Los Angeles
Parks--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Trubet?s?koi?, Pavel Petrovich,kni?a?z',1866-1938
Westlake (Los Angeles, Calif.)
MacArthur Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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