Large crowd at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Pershing Square parking garage in Los Angeles, 1951

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Title	Large crowd at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Pershing Square parking garage in Los Angeles, 1951
Description	Photograph of a large crowd at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Pershing Square parking garage in Los Angeles, 1951. A man in a suit is standing on a wooden platform in the foreground at left, addressing a large crowd that has gathered in front of a bulldozer in the distance at center. More people can be seen sitting in chairs behind the speaker in the foreground at right. At right, a group of people is standing around, talking, while several large boxes and cameras can be seen on the ground nearby. Tall trees are visible in the background, and large buildings can be seen further in the distance.
Subject	Pershing Square
Subject (adlf)	parks
Subject (file heading)	Los Angeles -- Parks -- Pershing Square -- Groundbreaking -- Garage -- 1951
Subject (lcsh)	Parks Rites and ceremonies Parking garages Building
Geographic subject (roadway)	5th Street and Olive Street
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1951
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1951
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographs
Accession number	32945
Call number	CHS-32945
Legacy record ID	chs-m3668; USC-0-1-1-3744
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-32945
Archival file	chs_Volume43/CHS-32945.tiff

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