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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
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
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