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

Description:: ANSWER: It is the statue of Don Felipe de Neve, generally recognized as the founder of El Pueblo Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles. The statue, erected by Parlor 247 of the Native Daughters of the Golden West, stands in the Old Plaza.
Date:: January 30, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: ANSWER: Surely you recognized the statue, in studied stride, of Beethoven that stands in Pershing Square. The statue faces the intersection of 5th and Olive Sts., being out in this new position after having been stored during the excavation for the parking garage beneath the park
Date:: November 21, 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Adele Nissim stands beside a Santa Rosa di Lima statue in an antique shop.
Date:: [1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: ANSWER: Sure, it's the artistically modern statuary that overlooks the entrance to Hollywood Bowl. You've seen it hundreds of times. Its construction in 1940 was one of the last acts of the depression-- a WPA art project
Date:: December 5, 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: The original Los Angeles County Courthouse was built in 1891 on Poundcake Hill on the corner of Temple and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles. The Victorian-style red sandstone building was declared unsafe after a 1933 earthquake, and demolished in 1936. Standing next to it was the Hall of Records.
Date:: [1920s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: ANSWER: It is the miniature statue of St. Vincent de Paul and the children that stands on the lawn in front of St. Vincent's Hospital on W 3rd St., at Alvarado St.
Date:: December 26, 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: The original Los Angeles County Courthouse was built in 1891 on Poundcake Hill on the corner of Temple and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles. The Victorian-style red sandstone building was declared unsafe after a 1933 earthquake, and demolished in 1936. Standing next to it was the Hall of Records.
Date:: [1920s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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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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