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Title
Aerial view of Los Angeles from a spot approximating Pershing Square, December 1927
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1927-12
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 aerial view of Los Angeles from a spot approximating Pershing Square, December 1927. Pershing Square stands at the center of the city's grid, a flat block covered with grass and trees and featuring a diamond-shaped centerpiece. The Biltmore Hotel is visible to the square's immediate left, and the Philharmonic Auditorium is visible across the street just above it.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm., 10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
transparencies
photographs
Identifier
chs-m3664
USC-1-1-1-3740 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-6953
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3664
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-6953.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Parks--Pershing Square (Central Park)
Parks
Pershing Square
Time Period
1927-12
Place
5th Street & Olive Street
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-23- [Microfiche number]
6953 [Accession number]
CHS-6953 [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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