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Order Number	00085783
Title	Pershing Square, view 2
Photographer	Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984.
Collection ID	Ansel Adams Fortune Magazine Collection Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession	GPC_b11_f5_i35; S-002-046.2 4x5
Date	[ca. 1940]
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.; In episode #10001 of "California's Gold" Huell Howser visits the Los Angeles Public Library to see this collection of Ansel Adams photographs.
Historical Data	Around 1939, Ansel Adams was commissioned by Fortune magazine to photograph a series of images for an article covering the aviation history of the Los Angeles area. For the project, Adams took 217 photographs showing everyday life, businesses, street scenes, aerospace employees, and a variety of other subjects, but when the article, "City of Angels" appeared in the March 1941 issue, only a few of the images were included. In the early 1960s, approximately 20 years later, Adams rediscovered all of the photographs among papers at his home in Carmel, and sent a letter of inquiry to the Los Angeles Public Library, asking if the institution would be interested in receiving the collection as a donation. In his letter, Adams expressed that, "the weather was bad over a rather long period and none of the pictures were very good" and "if they have no value whatsoever, please dispose of them in the incenerator [sic]." He went on to write that "I would imagine that they represent about $100.00 minimum value." In response, the Los Angeles Public Library gladly accepted the gift of 135 contact prints and 217 negatives, and the staff concluded that a fair value for the collection would be $150.00.; Former Mayor Cristobal Aguilar signed Pershing Square into being in 1866, at which time it was called La Plaza Abaja ("The Lower Plaza"). During the 1880s and '90s, it was known as 6th Street Park and Central Park, but was renamed Pershing Square in 1918 in honor of General John J. Pershing. The park was first renovated in 1911; in the 1950s a car garage was built beneath it; and in 1994, it was completely redesigned by architect Ricardo Legoretta and landscapist Laurie Olin and was rededicated on February 3, 1994. Pershing Square takes up the entire block and is bounded by 5th Street to the north, 6th Street to the south, Hill Street to the east, and Olive Street to the west.
Description	Looking north from Pershing Square towards the Philharmonic Auditorium and Title Guarantee Building, both only faintly visible in the background.
Subject	Philharmonic Auditorium (Organization : Los Angeles, Calif.). Title Guarantee Building (Los Angeles, Calif.). Office buildings--California--Los Angeles. Auditoriums--California--Los Angeles. Parks--California--Los Angeles. Pershing Square (Los Angeles, Calif.). Ansel Adams Fortune Magazine Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection