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Title
General plan for recreation park, Long Beach, circa 1919-1924
Alternative Title
Recreation park, Long Beach
Contributor
Sturtevant, Bertha S.
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa 1919-1924]
1919/1924
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Cornell (Ralph D.) papers
Rights Information
copyrighted
Copyright is owned by the UC Regents. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Fold visible, near-vertical, near right quarter of plan
Legend: 1. refectory 2. lath house 3. superintendent's house 4. aquarium 5. amphitheatre 6. grandstand 7. canoe house 8. boat house 9. station 10. bath house 11. tidal control gate A. aquatic gardens B. croque lawn C. lawn sports D. lawn bowls E. tennis courts F. speed ball & soccer G. picnic grove H. zoo & bird cages I. automobile parking J. bathing beach K. roque courts L. aquarium basin M. basket ball N. base ball O. junior athletics P. hand ball Q. indoor base ball R. sand courts S. boat landing T. Boy Scout camp U. scups & swings V. proposed high school site W. wild fowl lagoon X. volley ball courts Y. San Gabriel River Z. little children's playground W [in double circle] women's athletic field M [in double circle] men's athletic field
Handwritten on lower edge of plan: #1. Cook - Hall & Cornell
General plan for recreation park, City of Long Beach California; Cook & Hall, landscape architects, Los Angeles Calif.; Wilbur D. Cook, George D. Hall, Fellows, A.S.L.A.; Ralph D. Cornell, M.L.A.
B.S. Sturtevant - Del.
C. H. Windham, city manager; R. D. van Alstine, city engineer; Board of Commissioners: James Savery, chairman; Julia E. Rogers, sec.; E. T. Mische, supt. of parks; Bert Paul; Mrs. T. R. Fleming; G. J. Carpenter; James Collins; Llewellyn Bixby; City Council: C. A. Buffum, mayor & chairman; W. L. Evans; Alexander Beck; Frank H. Downs; C. A. Cover; George B. Workman; John T. Arnold; Filmore Condit
Park bounded by Anaheim Street, Hathaway St., Santiago Ave., Colorado St.
Type
image
Identifier
uclamss_1411_0138
0138
ark:/21198/zz002b611x
Language
English
Subject
Playgrounds
Grandstands
Speedball
Water gardens
Bathhouses (water recreation structures)
Environment
Baseball fields
Swings
Comfort stations
Lodges (caretakers' houses)
Refectories
Volleyball (game)
Lagoons (bodies of water)
Sluice gates
Bird sanctuaries
Landings (marine structures)
Picnic areas
Sandboxes (playground equipment)
Lifestyle
Boathouses
Parking lots
Lathhouses
Government
Croquet
Aquariums (buildings)
Tennis courts
Birdcages (containers)
Handball courts
Lakes (bodies of water)
Athletic fields
Amphitheaters (built works)
Basketball (court ball games)
Soccer fields
Indoor baseball
Zoos (built complexes)
Bowling greens
High schools (buildings)
Beaches
Roque
San Gabriel River (Calif.)
Landscape architecture
Boy Scouts of America
Source
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

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