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Identifier	post_00007
Title	Soldiers' Monument, Central Park, Los Angeles, California
Creator	unknown
Date Published	circa 1910
Subject (Topic)	Parks--California--Los Angeles; Spanish-American War, 1898--Monuments--California--Los Angeles; War memorials--Spanish-American War, 1898; Artillery; Public art--California--Los Angeles;
Subject (Place)	Pershing Square (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Type	image
Form/Genre	postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University Library.
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/dlp/copyright.htm
Publisher	Edward H. Mitchell
Place of Publication	San Francisco
Language	eng
Description	Statue of soldier on high pedestal standing at parade rest position, holding rifle; top of pedestal reads:"7th Cal. Inf. U.S.V" beneath this:"In Everlasting Remembrance" the base reads:"War with Spain A.D. 1898" cannon in front of statue; trees and rooftops of buildings in background.
Historical Background	Pershing Square is bounded by 5th and 6th; Hill and Olive. 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.
Publisher's Identifier	Series number: 5
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
Source	Werner Von Boltenstern Postcard Collection

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