Photograph caption dated October 23, 1966 reads, "Huge earth-making machine is dwarfed by excavation of site for Jack Kent Cooke's $14 million Forum at intersection of Prairie and Manchester Aves. in Inglewood. Site has been graded, and foundations of building will be well below ground level. Facility, in new-classical style modeled after ancient Forum in Rome, will be home stadium for Lakers of pro basketball. Kings of ice hockey and a variety of other shows, exhibitions, and so forth, will be ready by Jan. 1, 1968."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Forum (Inglewood, Calif.) Building sites--California--Inglewood Earthmoving machinery--California--Inglewood Stadiums--California--Inglewood Inglewood (Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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