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Title
Canoers enjoy the lake at MacArthur Park
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Creator
Keystone Photo Service
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
In the mid-1800's, this area was a swampland. 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.
This picture shows a man canoeing close to the shore of MacArthur Park's lake. Several others float across the lake farther back on the left, and in the background is a bridge barely visible between multitudes of trees.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00076862
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Parks-MacArthur Park.
CARL0000080485
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/111728
Subject
Canoes and canoeing--California--Los Angeles
Outdoor recreation--California--Los Angeles
Parks--California--Los Angeles
Lakes--California--Los Angeles
Westlake (Los Angeles, Calif.)
MacArthur Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source
Slade, Milton.

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