Subject: Parks--California--Los Angeles County - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Lois Sprich (left) and Mayor Gus Peterson, stand in a field of flowers, facing each other. They each have one hand grasping a branch of a coniferous tree. Sprich wears a button-down striped collared shirt, and a belted below-the-knee skirt. She holds a purse in her right hand. Mayor Peterson wears a three piece suit and glasses.
Date:: [circa November 28, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: ANSWER: What else could it be but fascinating Fern Dell in Griffith Park where a winding walk through a foliage of ferns beside a murmuring stream helps one lose the nearby cry of the city?
Date:: February 28, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: ANSWER: Of course, it's Echo Park Lake, taken from the Glendale Blvd. Side. That's the boathouse in the center background.
Date:: January 7, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: ANSWER: The figure in the statue with his walking staff and arm around an Indian boy is, of course, Father Junipero Serra. This rustically mounted sculpture besides an equally rustic fountain and pool stands in Brand Park and, in the background just across the street, is the San Fernando Mission.
Date:: March 24, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: ANSWER: Sure, it's the lake in Hollenbeck Park , the photo being made near the Boyle Ave. entrance. The park acquired its name for the very logical reason that most of its acreage was given to the city by Mrs. J.E. Hollenbeck. (Correction: It was erroneously reported that most of the acreage for the park was donated by Mrs. J.E.Hollenbeck. Actually, two-thirds of the property was donated by Mr. and Mrs. William H. Workman and it was their suggestion that the park be named for J.E. Hollenbeck, a close friend.) correction from 12/31/1955 paper
Date:: December 16, 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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