Know Your City No.56; Exterior view of the Pico House and surrounding buildings, Los Angeles, 1956

Item Overview

Title

Know Your City No.56; Exterior view of the Pico House and surrounding buildings, Los Angeles, 1956

Date Created

January 12, 1956

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

ANSWER: Si, Senor, it is the old Pico House, the oldest hotel in Los Angeles and little pueblo's first three-story structure. Built in 1869, it was the sensation of its day -- had floors and bathtubs. It was named, of course, after Pio Pico, last Mexican Governor of California. Its location is now designated as the southeast corner of Plaza and N Main Sts. That big square shape at the extreme right in the photograph is, of course, the Federal Building, and , beyond it, the tower of the City Hall.

Caption

KNOW YOUR CITY, NO. 56 -- Question is : Not where, but what is it? (Buildings in background give away location.) Anyway, it's historic and no series would be complete without it. If you don't know, you'll never guess. Answer on Page 6, Part 2.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Dimensions

10 x 12.5 cm.

Medium

b&w negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs

Subjects

Pedestrians--California--Los Angeles
Landmarks
El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Historic buildings--California--Los Angeles County

Names

Pico House (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.0565349762144

Latitude

-118.239232599735

Resource type

still image