General plan for recreation park, Long Beach, circa 1919-1924

Item Overview

Title

General plan for recreation park, Long Beach, circa 1919-1924

Alternative title

Recreation park, Long Beach

Illustrator

Sturtevant, Bertha S.

Date Created

[circa 1919-1924]

Date

1919/1924

Language

English

Collection

Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Notes

Description

Fold visible, near-vertical, near right quarter of plan

Caption

Legend: 1. refectory 2. lath house 3. superintendent's house 4. aquarium 5. amphitheatre 6. grandstand 7. canoe house 8. boat house 9. station 10. bath house 11. tidal control gate A. aquatic gardens B. croque lawn C. lawn sports D. lawn bowls E. tennis courts F. speed ball & soccer G. picnic grove H. zoo & bird cages I. automobile parking J. bathing beach K. roque courts L. aquarium basin M. basket ball N. base ball O. junior athletics P. hand ball Q. indoor base ball R. sand courts S. boat landing T. Boy Scout camp U. scups & swings V. proposed high school site W. wild fowl lagoon X. volley ball courts Y. San Gabriel River Z. little children's playground W [in double circle] women's athletic field M [in double circle] men's athletic field
Handwritten on lower edge of plan: #1. Cook - Hall & Cornell
General plan for recreation park, City of Long Beach California; Cook & Hall, landscape architects, Los Angeles Calif.; Wilbur D. Cook, George D. Hall, Fellows, A.S.L.A.; Ralph D. Cornell, M.L.A.
B.S. Sturtevant - Del.
C. H. Windham, city manager; R. D. van Alstine, city engineer; Board of Commissioners: James Savery, chairman; Julia E. Rogers, sec.; E. T. Mische, supt. of parks; Bert Paul; Mrs. T. R. Fleming; G. J. Carpenter; James Collins; Llewellyn Bixby; City Council: C. A. Buffum, mayor & chairman; W. L. Evans; Alexander Beck; Frank H. Downs; C. A. Cover; George B. Workman; John T. Arnold; Filmore Condit
Park bounded by Anaheim Street, Hathaway St., Santiago Ave., Colorado St.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic print

Dimensions

8 x 10 inches

Keywords

Genre

black-and-white photographs
landscaping plans

Names

Boy Scouts of America

Location

California--Long Beach

Longitude

33.776150942519855

Latitude

-118.13499927520752

Resource type

still image

Subjects

playgrounds
grandstands
Speedball
water gardens
bathhouses (water recreation structures)
Environment
baseball fields
swings
comfort stations
lodges (caretakers' houses)
refectories
volleyball (game)
lagoons (bodies of water)
sluice gates
bird sanctuaries
landings (marine structures)
picnic areas
sandboxes (playground equipment)
Lifestyle
boathouses
parking lots
lathhouses
Government
croquet
aquariums (buildings)
Tennis courts
birdcages (containers)
handball courts
lakes (bodies of water)
athletic fields
amphitheaters (built works)
basketball (court ball games)
soccer fields
Indoor baseball
zoos (built complexes)
bowling greens
high schools (buildings)
beaches
roque
San Gabriel River (Calif.)

landscape architecture