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Title
Biltmore Hotel from across Pershing Square, July 11, 1926
Date Created and/or Issued
1926-07-11
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 the Biltmore Hotel from across Pershing Square, July 11, 1926. The large hotel can be seen in the background at center. Three separate tower-like sections are visible, attached to a common base. An American flag flies from the roof. Several other buildings can be seen around the brick hotel, including the Mayflower Hotel in the background at left. In the foreground, the tops of many trees can be seen in Pershing Square, a large park area across the street from the Biltmore.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m23931 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-36642
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m23931
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-36642.jpg
Subject
Hotels
Buildings
Flags
Trees
Parks
Time Period
1926-07-11
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
parks: Pershing Square
Source
36642 [Accession number]
CHS-36642 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
chs-m15009

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