He built the first L.A. Theatre. He assisted in founding the University of Southern California by donating, along with I. W. Hellman and J. G. Downey, 308 lots, which was and still is the site of the University. Portrait of O. W. Childs, a successful merchant, land owner and horticulturist.
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