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Title: Extension of Wilshire Boulevard through Westlake Park, Los Angeles, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: 1934
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
A woman points towards the statue of general Harrison Gray Otis in Westlake Park during the expansion of Wilshire Blvd. across the park.
The statue of General Harrison Gray Otis, located at the northwest end of Westlake (now MacArthur) Park, was designed by sculptor Paul Troubetzkoy in 1920 and dedicated in 1930.
In 1934, a berm was built across MacArthur Park in order to connect Wilshire to Orange Street, which was then renamed Wilshire Boulevard.
Text from negative sleeve: L. A. city streets, Wilshire Blvd. 1900? copy neg
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5982
ark:/21198/zz002cw3w6
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: MacArthur Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Road construction--California--Los Angeles
Source: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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