Central Park, Los Angeles, Cal.
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Identifier |
post_00003 |
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Title |
Central Park, Los Angeles, Cal. |
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Creator |
unknown |
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Date Published |
circa 1915 |
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Subject (Topic) |
Parks--California--Los Angeles; Fountains--California--Los Angeles; Public art--California--Los Angeles; |
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Subject (Place) |
Pershing Square (Los Angeles, Calif.); |
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Type |
image |
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Form/Genre |
postcards |
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Physical Description |
1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm. |
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Institution |
Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University |
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Country of Creation |
US |
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Copyright Status |
public domain |
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Copyright Statement |
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/#d.en.3004 |
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Publisher |
Van Ornum Colorprint Co. |
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Place of Publication |
Los Angeles, Cal. |
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Language |
eng |
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Description |
Path to fountain lined with trees, streetlights, and benches. Seated on benches, women, men, and children in pre-WWI clothing are reading newspapers and conversing; child in stroller; woman holding parasol. |
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Historical Background |
Pershing Square is bounded by 5th and 6th, Hill and Olive, Central Park. The oldest park in Los Angeles, it was originally known as La Plaza Abaja, the lower plaza, and was renamed Central Park in the early 1890s. In 1900, the 7th Regiment Monument was erected at the corner of 6th and Hill as a memorial to soldiers of the Spanish-American War. The park was redesigned by John Parkinson in 1911 in a classical style with a central fountain. In 1918, at the end of WWI, it was renamed Pershing Square in 1918 in honor of General John J. Pershing. A statue of a WWI Doughboy was erected in 1924. Pershing Square became known as a popular site for orators and rallies. A parking garage was installed under the park in 1954. |
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Source |
Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection |
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