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Title
Man borrowing a book from the Los Angeles Public Library in the park
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 man borrowing a book from the Los Angeles Public Library in the park, [s.d.]. A man wearing a suit can be seen looking at a book in front of a cart full of books at center. A sign at the bottom of the cart reads, "FREE Read in the Park 10-3 daily". Two men can be seen seated on a bench to the right of a table with an umbrella attached to it. Books can be seen on the table. A sign at left reads, "Los Angeles Public Library. Borrow A Book To Read In The Park". Trees can be seen at right and in the background, while other people can be seen walking in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m18131 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-36230
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18131
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-36230.jpg
Subject
Libraries
Los Angeles--Architecture--Public Buildings--Libraries
Los Angeles Public Library
Parks
Place
630 West 5th Street
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
36230 [Accession number]
CHS-36230 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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