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Title
Know Your City No.19; William Mulholland Memorial Fountain in Los Angeles, Calif., 1955
Date Created and/or Issued
December 6, 1955
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) 825-4751
Description
ANSWER: Naturally, it’s the city's most colorful fountain, the memorial to William Mulholland, "father" of Los Angeles' water supply. Located at Riverside Drive and Los Feliz Blvd., the fountain's changing sprays are dramatically illuminated with varying colored lights. It was dedicated on 1940. And, yes as a boy, Mulholland lived in a ramshackle farm on this very spot.
KNOW YOUR CITY, NO. 19 -- Always spouting off, that's this thing. No fountain of youth, it's very colorful. It's on a four-acre site where the man to whom it is dedicated lived as a boy. Bet you didn't know that! Can you guess it? Answer on Page 31, Part l.
Type
Image
Format
b&w negative
Identifier
uclalat_1429_b257_95950AS
ark:/21198/zz0002t4qq
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Landmarks
Memorials--California--Los Angeles County
Fountains--California--Los Angeles
Mulholland, William, 1855-1935--Monuments
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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