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Identifier	post_00015
Title	Los Angeles, Biltmore, Pershing Square, Los Angeles, California.
Creator	unknown
Date Published	circa 1907
Subject (Topic)	Parks--California--Los Angeles; Fountains--California--Los Angeles; Public art--California--Los Angeles; Hotels--California--Los Angeles;
Subject (Name)	Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Subject (Place)	Pershing Square (Los Angeles, Calif.); Los Angeles (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.;
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/#d.en.3004
Publisher	Western Publishing & Novelty Co.
Place of Publication	Los Angeles, Cal.
Language	eng
Description	Biltmore Hotel fronted by Pershing Square; paths leading to fountain; people strolling and sitting on benches; trees, flowers, and foliage; American flag on flagpole rises above trees; city 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 honor of General John J. Pershing. A statue of a WWI Doughboy was erected in 1924. The park became a popular site for orators and rallies. A parking garage was installed under the park in 1954 The Biltmore was the largest hotel in the West when it was built, in 1923. It consists of three towers of reddish brick, cream-colored stone and a terra cotta roof. It has been visited by many presidents. The Democratic Convention nominated John F. Kennedy for president there in 1960. It was restored in 1988.
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: 101310; Series number: LA-115
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection