Know Your City No.78 Memorial fountain and courtyard of Campo de Cahuenga, Calif.

Title: Know Your City No.78 Memorial fountain and courtyard of Campo de Cahuenga, Calif.
Date Created: February 3, 1956
Date: 1956-02-03
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: ANSWER: Shown in the picture is the memorial, Campo de Cahuenga, scene of the signing of the Treaty of Cahuenga by Lt. Col. John C. Fremont of the U.S. Army and Gen Andres Pico of the Mexican forces. By this treaty, signed Jan. 13, 1847, the United States acquired California. This memorial building and courtyard are at 3919 Lankershim Blvd., near the Los Angeles River and across the street from Universal City.
Declared Historic-Cultural Monument #29 by the City of Los Angeles in 1964.
Caption: KNOW YOUR CITY, NO.78 -- Although it shouldn't, this one may stump you. You get no hints--other than this probably is one of most historically significant spots in California. Something to do with signatures. Answers on Page 31, Part l.

Genre: news photographs
Names: Treaty of Cahuenga (1847)--Monuments
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.1396655726338
Latitude: -118.362106606364
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Memorials--California--Los Angeles County
Landmarks
Historic sites--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclalat_1429_b257_95950CW
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002t5pp
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