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Title
Westlake Park
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection;
Contributor
1
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1895
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
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 Westlake Park, looking across the lake. A gazebo can be seen opposite, and the boat house to the right as horse drawn carriages pass by fashionably dressed park visitors. Photograph circa 1895.
Type
Image
Format
1 negative : safety ; 25 x 20 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00107031
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
S-000-191 8x10
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/134028
Subject
Architecture, Victorian
Dwellings
Horse-drawn vehicles
Boats and boating
Gazebos
Lakes
Parks
Palms
Parasols
Women
Men
Westlake (Los Angeles, Calif.)
MacArthur Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1890-1899

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