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Title
View of Pershing Square with the Biltmore Hotel in the background, Los Angeles, ca.1930
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1930
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 a view of Pershing Square with the Biltmore Hotel in the background, Los Angeles, ca.1930. The large park can be seen in the foreground and is densely covered with trees. Several paths make their way through the grassy grounds of the park. In the background at center, the Biltmore Hotel with three identical towers can be seen. More tall buildings can be seen in the distance at left and right. The Mayflower hotel can be seen in the background at left.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w
13 x 17 cm.
transparencies
photographs
Identifier
chs-m21107 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-35220
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m21107
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-35220.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Streets--Broadway--7th to 8th
Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--General
Streets
Parks
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1930
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
35220 [Accession number]
CHS-35220 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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