Birdseye view of the sunken rose garden in Exposition Park, ca.1950

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Photograph of a birdseye view of the sunken rose garden in Exposition Park, ca.1950. The large rose garden is at center and is full of pedestrians wandering among the square plots of roses. A large circular fountain can be seen shooting water into the air in the middle of the garden. In the background at center, the large dome and elaborate façade of the Natural History Museum are visible. A collection of trees surrounds the rose garden. The garden formally opened in 1913.; "Exposition Park is a tract of 118 [114?] acres, some of which are owned by the City, some by the County, and some by the State. In 1908 the Board of Directors of the reorganized Sixth District Agriculture Association began to plan for the future of the Park. One of their first objectives was to build a permanent exposition building and museum. In 1910 the cornerstones of both buildings were laid, and they were opened to the public in 1913 with the formal opening of the park. Photo of today showing the beautiful sunken rose garden in front of the Museum."

Asset Metadata

Title Birdseye view of the sunken rose garden in Exposition Park, ca.1950

Subject Agriculture Association (subject), Exposition Park (formerly Agricultural Park) (subject), Gardens (lcsh), Los Angeles City -- Parks -- Exposition Park (file heading), Parks (adlf), Parks (lcsh), Roses (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Exposition Boulevard & Figueroa Street (roadway), Exposition Park (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Rose Garden (manmade features), Sixth District (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Geocoordinate 34.01547,-118.28576 (point), 34.01713,-118.29067 (point), 34.01725,-118.28181 (point), 34.01826,-118.28608 (point)

Temporal Subject 1950

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1950

Contributor Recreation and Parks Department (contributor)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3608

Identifier 32476 (accession number), CHS-32476 (call number), CHS-32476 (filename), isla id: S-4612 (identifying number), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4543 (legacy record id), chs-m3608 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-3683 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4543

Unique identifier UC118853

Legacy Identifier CHS-32476.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.3 in × 15.6 in at 300dpi
49.0 cm × 39.8 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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