- Title
- Pershing Square
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- Description
- Statue of soldier on pedestal at parade rest position, holding rifle; wreath on pedestal; text on plaque honors soldiers of the Spanish-American War; tree-lined path through park is crowded with men and women strolling or sitting on benches; partial view of buildings in background.
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- Format Extent
- 1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
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- Subject
- Parks--California--Los Angeles; Spanish American War, 1898--Monuments--California--Los Angeles; War memorials--Spanish American War, 1898--California--Los Angeles; Public Art--California--Los Angeles;
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- Note
- 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.
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- Collection
- Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection
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- Type
- ["Postcards"]
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- Geographic Location
- Pershing Square (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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- Language
- eng
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