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Title
Looking North Across Pershing Square, Showing Los Angeles Biltmore/Los Angeles, California
Creator
Western Publishing & Novelty Co./ Los Angeles, California
Date Created and/or Issued
December 31st, 1937
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
James Osborne South Bay LA & California Postcard Collection
Rights Information
Permission to publish the image must be obtained from the CSUDH Archives as owner of the physical item and copyright. In instances when copyright ownership is not clear it is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright permission.
Description
Rendition of Pershing Square in Los Angeles, California; Biltmore Hotel (i.e. Millennium Biltmore Hotel)--built in 1923--stands to the left of park; The Philharmonic Auditorium (i.e. Temple Auditorium)--built in 1906--stands north of the park with the Title Guarantee and Trust Company Building (built in 1930) next to it on its right; Park is teeming with numerous trees and plants; Fountain designed by Johan Caspar Lachne Gruenfeld prominently holds the center area of the park; Numerous buildings stretch extend outward from the park; Cars of the 1930s-1940s proceed down street next to the park; Cable cars proceed through middle intersection of street
Type
image
Format
Postcard
Identifier
JO_891
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll2/id/3417
Subject
Hotels and motels
Buildings
Theatres
Parks
Cars
Cable cars (Streetcars)
Trees
Gardens
Fountains
People
Place
Los Angeles, CA
Source
James H. Osborne Photograph Collection
Relation
South Bay History Collection

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