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Title
Know Your City No.4 Beethoven statue in Pershing Square, Los Angeles, 1955
Contributor
Foerster, Arnold, $d 1878-1943
Date Created and/or Issued
November 21, 1955
1955-11-21
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
ANSWER: Surely you recognized the statue, in studied stride, of Beethoven that stands in Pershing Square. The statue faces the intersection of 5th and Olive Sts., being out in this new position after having been stored during the excavation for the parking garage beneath the park
KNOW YOUR CITY, NO.4 -- For years he was for the birds. But he went away for a while. And when he came back he was looking the other way. And, if he could, he'd probably make a note of that. Just for fun, who is he? And where is he? Answer on Page 9, Part 2.
Type
image
Format
b&w negative
Identifier
uclalat_1429_b257_95950AD
ark:/21198/zz0002t4cj
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Statues--California--Los Angeles
Pershing Square (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Public sculpture--California--Los Angeles
Landmarks
Plazas--California--Los Angeles
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827--Statues
Source
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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