Names: California Botanic Garden (Los Angeles, Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Photograph of J. Y. Blaikie presenting Benji Okubo with the first prize award ($75) for his poster designed to promote attendance at the California Botanic Garden. His poster has an illustration of palm trees and plants with the caption "Visit The California Botanic Garden." They are standing on a lawn in front of a stand of palm and other trees at the Otis Art Institute, then located at 2401 Wilshire Blvd.
Date:: March 15, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The California Botanic Garden in Mandeville Canyon opened in 1928. The garden closed in 1935 due to financial difficulties brought on by the Great Depression.
Date:: March 15, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph appears with the article "Winners in Garden Poster Contest: Student at Otis Art Institute Awarded First Prize." Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 1928: A1.
Date:: March 15, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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