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Identifier	post_00013
Title	Looking Southwest Across Pershing Square and South on Hill St., Los Angeles, Calif.
Creator	unknown
Date Published	circa 1925
Subject (Topic)	Parks--California--Los Angeles; Hotels--California--Los Angeles; Fountains--California--Los Angeles; Public art--California--Los Angeles; Electric railroads--California--Los Angeles
Subject (Name)	Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.); Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building (Los Angeles, Calif.); Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company
Subject (Place)	Pershing Square (Los Angeles, Calif.); Hill Street (Los Angeles, Calif.); 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	Western Publishing & Novelty Co.
Place of Publication	Los Angeles, Cal.
Language	eng
Description	Bird's-eye view of Hill Street, Pershing Square, and buildings bordering the park on Olive Street, including the Biltmore Hotel and the Pacific Mutual Building; fountain in center of park; American flag on flagpole rising above trees; automobiles, red streetcars, and yellow streetcars on Hill Street.
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 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	Publisher's serial number: 101703; Series number: LA-127
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection