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Title
Birdseye view of the Wilshire Causeway, showing Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
1935-04-01
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 birdseye view of the Wilshire Causeway, showing Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), 1935. At center, the two-lane causeway bends to the right around the lake of Westlake Park. To the left, a second section of the park can be seen with a small lagoon, and a stand of palm trees. Farther in the background, highrise buildings can be seen along with a building that features the sign "West Coast Westlake Theatre".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m441
USC-2-1-1-438 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-36078
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m441
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-36078.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Streets--Wilshire Boulevard (3 of 3)
Streets
Parks
Causeways
West Coast Westlake Theatre
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Roadways
Time Period
1935-04-01
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Wilshire Boulevard
Source
36078 [Accession number]
CHS-36078 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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