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Landscape plan for Will Rogers recreation park, Unit B, Los Angeles, 1942

Description:: This park was not created. Plans show Rustic Canyon Creek running through the center of the park; Rustic Canyon Creek is just east of Will Rogers State Historic Park in an area with private residences.
Date:: December 31, 1942
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Landscape plan for Will Rogers recreation park, Unit B, Los Angeles, 1942

Landscape plan for Will Rogers recreation park, Unit B, Los Angeles, 1942

Description:: Inset map shows Reseda Boulevard intersecting with Sunset Boulevard. According to Los Angeles Times, March 20, 1998, "Crossroads of Confusion," a plan to extend Reseda to Sunset and the Santa Monica area began in the 1920s and was scrapped in 1977. Some city maps incorrectly show an intersection between Reseda and Sunset.
Date:: Dec. 31, 1942
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Landscape plan for Will Rogers recreation park, Unit B, Los Angeles, 1942

Clipping regarding the dedication of Will Rogers State Park, Los Angeles, 1944

Description:: Newspaper clipping of article titled, "Will Rogers State Park Given Formal Dedication." The article discusses Rogers' gift to the State and list those in attendance for the ceremony. Photo caption mirrors text from negative sleeve. Handwritten date at top right refers to date of ceremony (August 19, 1944).
Date:: August 19, 1944
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Clipping regarding the dedication of Will Rogers State Park, Los Angeles, 1944