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Description
Identifier
clloy_191
Title
Air
view
,
U
.
S
.
Veterans
Administration
,
Los
Angeles
,
California
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
1930-1945
Subject (Topic)
Hospitals--California--Los
Angeles
;
Veterans
'
hospitals--California--Los
Angeles
Subject (Place)
Westwood
(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
US
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
Tichnor
Art
Company
Place of Publication
L.A
.
[i.e
.
Los
Angeles]
Language
eng
Description
An
aerial
view
of the
Veterans
'
Administration
buildings
in
Westwood
,
California
,
looking
north
near
the
intersection
of
Wilshire
Blvd
. and
Federal
Ave
.
Much
of the
surrounding
area
is
undeveloped
park
or
fields
.
Historical Background
The
Veterans
'
Administration
Hospital
is
located
near
Sawtelle
Boulevard
in
West
Los
Angeles
.
It
was
established
by the
United
States
Government
in
1888
as the
Pacific
branch
of the
National
Home
for
Disabled
Volunteer
Soldiers
.
Santa
Monica
founders
John
P
.
Jones
and
Robert
S
.
Baker
donated
300
acres
and
$50,000
for the
new
facility
,
which
was
designed
by
architect
Stanford
White
, and
could
accommodate
2,000
beds
. The
114-acre
Los
Angeles
National
Cemetery
located
just
north
of
Wilshire
Boulevard
started
as a
small
hill
on
land
donated
by
rancho
owner
John
Wolfskill
. By the
end
of the
19th
century
, the
facility
included
a
library
,
theater
,
dining
hall
,
chapel
,
post
office
,
laundry
, and
barracks
. By the
1950s
,
it
had
grown
to
encompass
approximately
175
buildings
spread
over
700
acres
.
Publisher's Identifier
Publisher's serial number: 71076
Additional Notes
Printed
on
linten
textured
paper
.
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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