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Description
Photograph. "First birthday -- Holding a little party in honor of Sports Arena first anniversary, Welton Becket (left), Bill Nicholas, George E. Kinsey and W.L. Squires light up a candle on a Sports Arena shaped cake for the big occasion. -- Sports Arena now 76 per cent done -- The new Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena has just passed its first anniversay and is headed for completion well in advance of the original October 1959 date. -- Planners and builders of the Arena made a formal first birthday inspection tour and revealed th[...] contractors and builders of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. -- The Memorial Sports Arena was officially listed as 76 per cent completed just one year from the start [...]tion in [...]" -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated 13 April 1959. Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w photographic prints photographs
Becket, Welton Nicholas, Bill Kinsey, George E Squires, W.L Los Angeles--City--Buildings--Sports Arena
Time Period
circa 1959-04-13
Place
-118.284,34.01362 -118.28187,34.01279 -118.28392,34.01176 -118.28622,34.01231 3949 South Figueroa Street California Los Angeles Sports Arena USA
Source
3-1275-02806-0540 [Barcode] EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-298 [Original Filename] Subjects 319 [Print Box] University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
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