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Image / Cactus garden in Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), ca.1900-1909

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Title
Cactus garden in Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), ca.1900-1909
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900/1909
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a cactus garden in Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), ca.1900-1909. At center, a circle encloses a group of tall cacti that appear to be either saguarro or barrel. Other similar cacti are arranged in other circular beds in the background. To the left, a body of water is partially visible. Tiered landscape and gentle hills edge the horizon.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : albumen photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m18475
USC-0-1-1-3916 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-44390
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18475
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-44390.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Parks--Westlake Park (MacArthur Park)
Parks
Lakes
Bridges
Time Period
circa 1900/1909
Place
7th Street and Alvarado Street
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
44390 [Accession number]
CHS-44390 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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