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Identifier
clloy_065
Title
Central
Park
,
State
Normal
School
in the
distance
,
Los
Angeles
.
Cal
.
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
1908-1911
?
Subject (Topic)
Parks--California--Los
Angeles
;
Teachers
colleges--California--Los
Angeles
;
College
buildings--California--Los
Angeles
Subject (Name)
State
Normal
School
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
Subject (Place)
Pershing
Square
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
;
Downtown
Los
Angeles
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
Type
image
Form/Genre
Postcards
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
Color
;
9
x
14
cm
.
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
DE
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
Newman
Post
Card
Co
.
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
,
Cal
.
Language
eng
Description
A
view
of
Central
Park
in
Downtown
Los
Angeles
.
Several
people
can
be
seen
throughout
the
park
, and in the
foreground
, a
boy
is
selling
newspapers
. In the
distance
, the
upper
part
of the
State
Normal
School
building
can
be
seen
.
Historical Background
The
park
depicted
on this
card
was
established
in
1866
by
former
Mayor
Cristobal
Aguilar
, and
is
bounded
by
5th
Street
to the
north
,
6th
Street
to the
south
,
Hill
Street
to the
east
, and
Olive
Street
to the
west
.
It
was
known
by
several
names
,
including
La
Plaza
Abaja
,
Los
Angeles
Park
,
6th
Street
Park
, and
Central
Park
before
being
renamed
Pershing
Square
in
1918
, in
honor
of the
World
War
I
general
.
During
World
War
I
, the
Square
was
often
the
scene
for
militia
receptions
and
provided
a
forum
for
public
speakers
. In
1952
, the
entire
park
was
excavated
to
build
an
1800-car
underground
parking
garage
topped
by a
thin
layer
of
lawn
, but in
1992
, the
park
underwent
a
major
$14.5-million
renovation
designed
by
architect
Ricardo
Legorreta
and
landscapist
Laurie
Olin
,
re-opening
in
1994
with a
new
layout
incorporating
sculpture
and
other
forms
of
public
art
. The
California
State
Normal
School
was a
teaching
college
founded
in
1862
whose
original
campus
was
located
in
San
Francisco
. In
1881
, the
first
branch
campus
was
announced
in
Los
Angeles
, on what
later
became
the
site
of the
Central
Library
of the
Los
Public
Library
system
. In
1887
, the
California
legislature
changed
the
name
of the
two
normal
schools
to
simply
"
State
Normal
School.
" In
1919
, the
State
Normal
School
at
Los
Angeles
became
the
Southern
Branch
of the
University
of
California
,
now
the
University
of
California
,
Los
Angeles
.
Publisher's Identifier
Publisher's serial number: No. 6125
Additional Notes
Made
in
Germany
.
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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