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Title
Start campaign for Big League Park
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1958
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated July 17, 1958 reads, "These men represent syndicate that is in an all out campaign to build a modern baseball park at Universal City in the San Fernando Valley. An offer has been made to the Los Angeles Dodgers as well as an American League team. The syndicate has option on 219 acres on the 'back lot' of Universal-International Studio. The men are, left, Joseph E. Fowler, Harry Hilliard, Raymond R. Farrell and Culver Van Buren, both attorneys for the syndicate and the J. E. Fowler Squire Agency."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00142907
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d051_f38_i29
CARL0005771943
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/71474
Subject
Paperwork (Office practice)--California--San Fernando Valley
Real estate development--California--San Fernando Valley
Real estate investment--California--San Fernando Valley
Employment agencies--California--San Fernando Valley
Syndicates (Finance)--California--San Fernando Valley
Management--California--San Fernando Valley
Pointing (Gesture)--California--San Fernando Valley
Men--California--San Fernando Valley
Maps
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1951-1960

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