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Title: Scenic view of the Biltmore Hotel
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1960
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: Scenic view of the Biltmore Hotel as seen from Pershing Square. Beginning July 11, the Biltmore Hotel will serve as the headquarters for the Democratic National Convention. The West's largest hotel will house major press facilities in two ballrooms. More than 100,000 square feet of public space has been set aside for press and candidates' headquarters. Built in 1923, the Biltmore has 1,500 rooms and is 14 stories high. Architects: Schultze & Weaver. Photograph dated: August 16, 1960.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00038063
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1707
CARL0000041761
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/12117
Subject: Millennium Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Democratic National Convention--(1960 :--Los Angeles, Calif.)
Hotels--California--Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Schultze & Weaver

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