- Title
- Bird's eye view from Bible Institute Bldg., showing Central Park and Auditorium, Los Angeles, Cal.
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- Description
- Aerial view of Central Park (later Pershing Square) looking east toward Fifth Street and Hill Street. Auditorium Hotel (later San Carlos Hotel), Philharmonic Auditorium, and California Club on Fifth Street are seen on the left.
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- Format Extent
- 1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm
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- Subject
- Auditoriums--California--Los Angeles; Parks--California--Los Angeles; Hotels--California--Los Angeles
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- Note
- Central Park is the oldest park in Los Angeles, originally known as La Plaza Abaja, the lower plaza, and it 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 1918 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.
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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.); Downtown Los Angeles (Calif.)
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- Language
- eng
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Bird's eye view from Bible Institute Bldg., showing Central Park and Auditorium, Los Angeles, Cal.
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