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Title
Memorial Coliseum and the Memorial Sports Arena, Exposition Park
Alternative Title
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Photo Collection
Creator
Kelly, Howard D
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1959
Publication Information
Welton Becket and Associates.; Kelly-Holiday
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Aerial view shows two major centers of interest, the Memorial Coliseum (left) and the Memorial Sports Arena (center); view is looking northwest. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, located at 3911 S. Figueroa Street, was officially opened on May 1, 1923 and was designed by John and Donald Parkinson; general contractor was Edwards, Widley & Dixon Company. The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, located at 3939 S. Figueroa Street, was officially opened on July 4, 1959 and was designed by Welton Becket; general contractor was L.E. Dixon Company. Photograph taken for Pioneer Flint Kote. Photograph dated June 12, 1959.
Type
image
Format
1 negative :safety ;11 x 14 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00096475
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection
KHAF 513-10
CARL0005092627
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/6884
Subject
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Stadiums--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Arenas--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
University Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
University Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Aerial views
Aerial photographs
Parkinson, Donald B.(Donald Berthold),1895-1945
Parkinson, John,1861-1935
Time Period
1951-1960

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