Drawing of proposed lake in Chavez Ravine, 1958

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Photograph of an sketch by Don May of a proposed lake in Chavez Ravine, 1958. "From: Joe Alvine & Co., 1052 West 6th Street (MA 5-7519), Los Angeles 17, California; For: Don Anderson; For imediate release" -- typed on verso.; "Council hears public lake for Chavez Ravine proposal -- A public lake for Chavez Ravine if courts rule against the Los Angeles Dodgers' contract was proposed before the Los Angeles City Council today by Assemblyman Don Anderson, 45th district. Artist's sketch (above) was presented to Councilmen to show how area would look developed as a lake. Anderson expressed belief state would lend assistance to project, which he said would give people needed recreational facilities and help beautify downtown section." -- caption on verso.

Asset Metadata

Title Drawing of proposed lake in Chavez Ravine, 1958

Subject Los Angeles -- City -- Chavez Ravine (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), canyons: Chavez Ravine (geographic subject), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1958

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w (aacr2), art (aat), 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 1958

Creator May, Don (artist)

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-m4512

Identifier EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-CHA-009 (filename), 3-1275-02805-5342 (identifying number), examiner-m4404 (legacy collection record id), examiner-c44-91034 (legacy record id), examiner-m4512 (legacy record id), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-CHA-009 (original filename), Subjects 316 (print box)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 91034

Unique identifier UC11731536

Legacy Identifier EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-CHA-009.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.0 in × 6.6 in at 300dpi
30.6 cm × 16.8 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961

Description The Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection consists of approximately 1.4 million prints and negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper. It was a daily newspaper, published in the afternoon on weekdays (Herald-Express) and in the morning on weekends (Examiner). The afternoon and morning papers merged in 1962 (Herald Examiner).

? 1903-1989: Los Angeles Examiner (founded 1903)
? 1931-1962: Los Angeles Herald-Express (formed from the 1931 merger of Los Angeles Evening Express and Evening Herald)
? 1962-1989: Los Angeles Herald Examiner (formed from the 1962 merger of the Los Angeles Herald-Express and the Los Angeles Examiner)

Almost every event and individual receiving news coverage in Los Angeles during the period late 1920's to 1961 is represented in the collection. Coverage is broad including crime, sports, society, art, and entertainment. The collection forms part of the Hearst Collection and was a gift from the Los Angeles Herald Examiner Division of the Hearst Corporation in 1978.

The Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection (1950-1961) consists of approximately 215,000 4x5-inch negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.

The Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection consists of approximately 1.2 million photoprints from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.

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