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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/#d.en.3004
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