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Title
Chutes Park (later Horsley Park) looking northwest on Washington Boulevard and Grand Avenue, ca.1905
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1900/1910
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 Chutes Park (later Horsley Park) looking northwest on Washington Boulevard and Grand Avenue, showing Saint Vincent's Church and College, Los Angeles, ca.1905. A large, multi-laned slide stands at the center of the image, while children play on see-saws and a swing set below. The city is visible in the background, where Saint Vincent's Church and College can be seen. On the boardwalk to the right, a sign reads "The City of London Curtains and Drapery / 213 S.Broadway". The roof of a gazebo is visible in the bottom of the extreme right foreground.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : photonegatives, transparency, b&w
21 x 16 cm., 10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
transparencies
photographs
Identifier
chs-m3633
USC-1-1-1-3709 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-7172
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3633
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-7172.jpg
Subject
Amusement parks
Horsley Park (formerly Chutes Park)
Saint Vincent's Church and College
Los Angeles--Parks--Horsley Park (formerly Chutes Park)
Parks
Time Period
1900/1910
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Washington Boulevard & Grand Avenue
Source
1-91- [Microfiche number]
7172 [Accession number]
CHS-7172 [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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