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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Central Park (Pershing Square, Sixth Street Park, Pershing Square) bandstand, Los Angeles, ca.1888. Hill Street entrance. A sidewalk meanders through the grassy lawn of the park. A bandstand is about 100 feet into the perspective. Trees and shrubs dot the park at pleasing intervals. The bell tower of a taller building is visible in the distance. Several people are in the park -- 2 people sit at a bench in the foreground, 3 men stand at a decorative fountain(?) near the bandstand, several people are in the bandstand, 1 man sits a a bench near the bandstand.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w 12.5 x 20.5 cm. glass plate negatives photographs
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