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Description
Photograph. "NXP/HCP1176701 (Stock) -- 2/28 -- Washington, D.C.: Aerial photograph, placed in New York files, 1/18/'59, shows the new Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (foreground), now under construction. The Los Angeles Coliseum is behind it. The Democratic National Committee, meeting in Washington, D.C., voted approval 2/27 of Los Angeles as site of the party's 1960 national convention. Convention is to be held in the new Memorial Sports Arena. Coliseum will be available for final acceptance speech by Presidential candidate. UPI Telephoto from files, jo." -- caption. Streetscape. Oblique aerial photography.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w photographic prints photographs
Democratic National Convention Los Angeles--City--Buildings--Sports Arena
Time Period
circa 1959-01-18
Place
-118.284,34.01362 -118.28187,34.01279 -118.28392,34.01176 -118.28622,34.01231 3947 South Figueroa Street California Exposition Park Los Angeles Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles Coliseum USA
Source
3-1275-02806-0680 [Barcode] EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-268 [Original Filename] Subjects 319 [Print Box] University of Southern California [Contributing entity] unidentified no: NXP/HCP1176701 [Identifying Number]
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