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Fifth and Hill Streets, Los Angeles, California, A Glimpse of Pershing Square and the Biltmore Hotel
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Identifier
post_00019
Title
Fifth
and
Hill
Streets
,
Los
Angeles
,
California
, A
Glimpse
of
Pershing
Square
and the
Biltmore
Hotel
Creator
unknown
Date Published
circa
1940
Subject (Topic)
Parks--California--Los
Angeles
;
Hotels--California--Los
Angeles
;
Drugstores--California--Los
Angeles
;
Subject (Name)
Thrifty
Drug
Store
;
Biltmore
Hotel
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
;
Subject (Place)
Pershing
Square
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
;
Victory
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/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
Longshaw
Card
Co
.
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
,
Calif
.
Language
eng
Description
Street
corner
with
people
waiting
to
cross
street
;
Thrifty
Drug
Store
with
Coca-Cola
sign
;
Biltmore
Hotel
and
Pershing
Square
are
across
the
street
;
streetlights
;
automobile
;
fire
hydrant
;
awning
.
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
in1988
.
Additional Printed Matter
On back:"Fifth and Hill Streets is one of the busy intersections of downtown Los Angeles. Pershing Square a tropical park forms the southwest corner of this intersection."
Publisher's Identifier
Series number: 630
Additional Notes
Printed
on
linen
textured
paper
.
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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