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Title: Will Rogers Memorial Park
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator: Hankey, Roy
Date Created and/or Issued: 1977
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
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Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
The park, originally known as Sunset Park, opened in 1915 and was the city's the first municipal park. A few years later in 1926, celebrity Will Rogers was appointed the first 'Honorary Mayor' of Beverly Hills. As a tribute to Rogers' commitment to the city, Beverly Hills renamed the park, 'Will Rogers Memorial Park', in 1952.
Koi seen swimming in the pond at Will Rogers Memorial Park in Beverly Hills, January 1977.
Type: image
Format: 1 slide : color ; 5x5 cm.
Photographic color slides
Identifier: 00161515
Roy Hankey Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
GPC_123_f3_s2
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/140626
Subject: Parks
Ponds
Koi
Will Rogers Memorial Park (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
Beverly Hills (Calif.)
Time Period: 1971
1972
1973
1974
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1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
Source: Hankey, Roy.

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