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Description
Photograph of the Wesley Avenue entrance into Agricultural Park, ca.1910. There is an elaborate gateway over the road into the park, made up of a pair of brick pyramids topped with shingles and metal balls supporting a large wooden structure that stretches across the road. There is a large arched opening in the structure with big gates to seal it these are open. There are tall trees and a corral in the background. Many advertisements are posted on the gateway, including, from left to right, "Forced through the Wall [...] R. J. Busch Second and Broadway", "Ask for [...] Lye", "Coca Cola", " Geo. W. Child's 5 cent Cigar", "Diamond C Soap", "Lema", "Agricultural Park", "Pearline, "Old Dutch Cleanser", and "Climax".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
Exposition Park (formerly Agricultural Park) Los Angeles--Parks--Exposition Park (formerly Agricultural Park) Parks
Time Period
circa 1910
Place
-118.28608,34.01826 -118.28181,34.01725 -118.28576,34.01547 -118.29067,34.01713 Agricultural Park Exposition Park Los Angeles California Exposition Boulevard & Figueroa Street USA
Source
1-91- [Microfiche number] 10228 [Accession number] CHS-10228 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] isla id: S-4614 [Identifying number]
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