California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of MacArthur Park showing the Westlake Theatre in the background, ca.1950

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View of MacArthur Park showing the Westlake Theatre in the background, ca.1950

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Photograph of a view of MacArthur Park showing the Westlake Theatre in the background, ca.1950. A large lake is visible at center, and several small boats can be seen on the calm water. A group of women is seated on a long park bench near the edge of the water. In the foreground, two couples sit and watch the boats. The lake is surrounded by an assortment of trees, including many palm trees. A two-story building can be seen on the edge of the lake in the background at center. The sign for the Westlake Theatre can be seen over the tops of the trees in the distance at center. The name of the park was changed from Westlake Park in 1945 in honor of General Douglas MacArthur.

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Title View of MacArthur Park showing the Westlake Theatre in the background, ca.1950

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1950

Subject Lakes (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Parks -- Westlake Park (MacArthur Park) (file heading), Motion picture theaters (lcsh), Parks (adlf), Parks (lcsh), Signs and signboards (lcsh), Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park) (subject), Westlake Theater (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1950

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

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-m3709

Identifier 32467 (accession number), CHS-32467 (call number), CHS-32467 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4642 (legacy record id), chs-m3709 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-3785 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4642

Unique identifier UC119154

Legacy Identifier CHS-32467.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.6 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
49.9 cm × 40.9 cm at 300dpi

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Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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