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Title
Exterior view of the Biltmore Hotel from Pershing Square in Los Angeles
Creator
Whittington, Dick
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 an exterior view of the Biltmore Hotel from Pershing Square in Los Angeles, [s.d.]. The massive hotel is at center and has three tall sections rising from a two-story base. The three tall sections are twelve stories high and are made of brick. Each is topped by an American flag, while several more flags can b seen on the lower park of the building at center. The sidewalk in front of the hotel is landscaped with trees and bushes. Several people are sitting on a long bench at left.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m1249
USC-0-1-1-1294 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-31292
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1249
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-31292.jpg
Subject
Biltmore Hotel
Hotels, taverns, etc
Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--Hotels #2
Buildings
Place
California
Hill Street & 5th Street
Los Angeles
USA
Source
31-62-1 [Microfiche number]
31292 [Accession number]
CHS-31292 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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