Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Trees are planted to honor Los Angeles's patron of music, and as part of a ceremony marking the end of a series of concerts by the Los Angeles Philharmonic as led by conductor Otto Klemperer. The trees planted were nine eugenia trees, planted in a semi-circle around the statue of Beethoven in Pershing Square, as a represtentation of his Ninth Symphony.Pictured from left to right are Klemperer, Mayor Shaw, and John Smallman, founder of the Smallman Oratorio Society. Text from original nitrate sleeve: Smallman, John; Klemperer, Otto; Shaw, Frank L. Mayor
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Events Arts Tree planting ceremonies--California--Los Angeles Culture Klemperer, Otto, 1885-1973 Smallman, John Shaw, Frank L., 1877-1958
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