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One year anniversary celebration of start of construction on Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, 1959
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One year anniversary celebration of start of construction on Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, 1959
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Description
Photograph. "First birthday -- Holding a little party in honor of Sports Arena first anniversary, Welton Becket (left), Bill Nicholas, George E. Kinsey and W.L. Squires light up a candle on a Sports Arena shaped cake for the big occasion. -- Sports Arena now 76 per cent done -- The new Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena has just passed its first anniversay and is headed for completion well in advance of the original October 1959 date. -- Planners and builders of the Arena made a formal first birthday inspection tour and revealed th[...] contractors and builders of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. -- The Memorial Sports Arena was officially listed as 76 per cent completed just one year from the start [...]tion in [...]" -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated 13 April 1959.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Asset Metadata
Title
One year anniversary celebration of start of construction on Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, 1959
Subject
Becket, Welton
(subject),
Kinsey, George E.
(subject),
Los Angeles -- City -- Buildings -- Sports Arena
(file heading),
Nicholas, Bill
(subject),
Squires, W.L.
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
3949 South Figueroa Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Sports Arena
(manmade features),
USA
(countries)
Geocoordinate
-118.28187,34.01279 (
point
), -118.28392,34.01176 (
point
), -118.284,34.01362 (
point
), -118.28622,34.01231 (
point
)
Temporal Subject
1959-04-13
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
(collection),
Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
(subcollection),
University of Southern California
(contributing entity)
Date Created
1959-04-13
Creator
Vanguard Photography
(photographer)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
cisadmin@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
For uses other than private, please contact the USC Digital Library at cisadmin@lib.usc.edu
Access Conditions
Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m3052
Identifier
3-1275-02806-0540 (
barcode
), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-298 (
filename
), examiner-m4404 (
legacy collection record id
), examiner-c44-90304 (
legacy record id
), examiner-m3052 (
legacy record id
), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-298 (
original filename
), Subjects 319 (
print box
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
90304
Unique identifier
UC11733247
Legacy Identifier
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-298.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
2.4 in × 2.9 in at 300dpi
6.1 cm × 7.5 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
Linked assets
Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
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