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Title
Aerial view of the groundbreaking ceremony for Pershing Square parking garage, 1951
Date Created and/or Issued
1951
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of an aerial view of the groundbreaking ceremony for Pershing Square parking garage, 1951. At center, a bulldozer can be seen, a skid of pushed soil extending to the right from the front of the machine. Surrounding, onlookers gather near. Near the turned soil, a lone, tall palm tree can be seen, behind which, more celebrants can be seen around a fountain. A road can be seen to the left.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
10 x 15 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m3673
USC-0-1-1-3749 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41701
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3673
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41701.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Parks--Pershing Square--Groundbreaking--Garage--1951
Parks
Rites and ceremonies
Parking garages
Building
Pershing Square
Time Period
1951
Place
5th Street and Olive Street
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
41701 [Accession number]
CHS-41701 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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