Identifier	post_00008
Title	Midwinter Day in Central Park, Los Angeles, California
Creator	unknown
Date Published	circa 1915
Subject (Topic)	Parks--California--Los Angeles; Newspaper reading;
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, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/collections/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher	The H. H. Tammen Curio Co.
Place of Publication	[Denver, Co.]
Language	eng
Description	Path through park leading to street; people in early 20th century style clothing strolling or sitting on benches, reading newspapers; trees and streetlights line path; 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.
Additional Printed Matter	On back:"Los Angeles has an 'all-the-year-round' climate, pleasing in summer as well as in winter. There is no depressing heat, no insect pest. Records show that for the past thirty-five years the thermometer went down to 32 degrees, or below, only seventeen times. On a winter's day, the traveler may breakfast by the seashore, after a dip in the ocean; lunch amid the beautiful trees in the parks, and dine in the snow fields of the Sierra."
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: 15059
Additional Notes	Name of publisher identified from initials and logo on reverse. The H. H. Tammen Curio Co. operated from Denver, Colorado from 1896 to 1953.
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection