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Title
Tropical Ice Gardens
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1938
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
View is looking down the bleachers towards the construction of Westwood Village's new Tropical Ice Gardens, the world's first all-year outdoor skating rink. The 110 foot strips of brine-circulating metal flooring will provide smooth ice by day or night, beginning with the spectacular carnival opening late in November. Photograph dated November 7, 1938.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00050712
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 8276
CARL0000054712
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/18600
Subject
Tropical Ice Gardens (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Skating--California--Los Angeles
Ice skating rinks--California--Los Angeles
Building construction--California--Westwood (Los Angeles)
Lost architecture--California--Westwood (Los Angeles)
Westwood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Panoramic views
Time Period
1931-1940

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