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Title
Diorama of Palos Verdes, California
Contributing Institution
Palos Verdes Library District
Collection
Palos Verdes Homes Association Photo Collection
Rights Information
Electronically digitized by the Palos Verdes Library District, from the Palos Verdes Homes Association Photograph Collection held in the Local History Room. Copyright status must be investigated before publishing or commercial use. To obtain permission and images for publication purposes please contact the Palos Verdes Library District.
Description
Image shows interior view of unidentified office building looking down from floor above on diorama of Palos Verdes under construction. Several men are working on the plaster of Paris model, with plans and scraps of materials scattered about. Office workers and display cases are visible in background. Howard H. Towle (1891-1972), an early salesperson in the Palos Verdes Project, notes in his oral history (Palos Verdes Local History Room, p. 3) at having seen the model installed in the Auditorium Building (also known as the Temple Auditorium) on Fifth Street and Olive across from Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles in October of 1921, in an early meeting for the development of the Palos Verdes Project.
Photo Source: Palos Verdes Homes Association
Type
Text
Format
1 photographic print (b&w); 5 x 7 in.
Identifier
pvld:2429
000034439
Subject
Diorama--California--Palos Verdes

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