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Order Number
00073942
Title
Students
relaxing
at
MacArthur
Park
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
L.A.-Parks-MacArthur
Park
.
Physical Description
1
photograph
:b&w
Description
Students
and
instructors
of the
Fred
Archer
School
of
Photography
use
MacArthur
Park
as a
campus
,
especially
at
noon
hour
when
they
go
there to
eat
their
lunches
and
visit
while
enjoying
its
beauty
; the
school
is
located
across
the
street
from the
park
. In this
photo
we
see
clusters
of
students
reclining
on the
grass
.
Sunbathers
and
boaters
also
frequent
the
park
-
as
seen
here.
MacArthur
Park
,
created
in the
1880s
under
the
name
Westlake
Park
, was
later
renamed
in
honor
of
General
Douglas
MacArthur
. By the
1890s
,
it
was a
vacation
destination
surrounded
by
luxury
hotels
; in the
early
part
of the
20th
Century
, the
area
became
known
as the
Champs
Elysees
of
Los
Angeles
.
MacArthur
Park
has been
designated
City
of
Los
Angeles
Historic
Cultural
Monument
#100
.
Subject
Outdoor recreation--California--Los Angeles.
Boats and boating--California--Los Angeles.
Palms--California--Los Angeles.
Parks--California--Los Angeles.
Lakes--California--Los Angeles.
Westlake (Los Angeles, Calif.).
MacArthur Park (Los Angeles, Calif.).
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
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
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