Names: Pershing Square (Los Angeles, Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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Crowd surrounding 4-H club members milking cow in Pershing Square during California Milk Ship campaign, Los Angeles, Calif., 1948

Date:: January 16, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd surrounding 4-H club members milking cow in Pershing Square during California Milk Ship campaign, Los Angeles, Calif., 1948

Tree lighting ceremony for 105-foot Christmas tree in Pershing Square, Los Angeles, Calif., 1949

Date:: November 29, 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Tree lighting ceremony for 105-foot Christmas tree in Pershing Square, Los Angeles, Calif., 1949

Open-air library in Pershing Square, downtown Los Angeles. Circa 1937.

Description:: A man surveys the newspapers available for reading at an open-air public library in Pershing Square, downtown Los Angeles. The Pershing Square outdoor library was opened in December of 1936, and was staffed by W.P.A. workers. Visitors to the library could choose to borrow a book by simply leaving their name. The library was quite popular, circulating 24,000 books in its first six months of operation, and spawning other outdoor libraries in Los Angeles.
Date:: [circa 1937]
1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Open-air library in Pershing Square, downtown Los Angeles. Circa 1937.

Boos Bros Cafeteria at 530 S. Hill, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1929

Description:: View towards the Boos Bros Cafeteria, a business called Runnymede Income Without Labor and parked cars on Hill St. from Pershing Square
Date:: [circa 1920-1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Boos Bros Cafeteria at 530 S. Hill, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1929