Extension of Wilshire Boulevard through Westlake Park, Los Angeles, 1934

Title: Extension of Wilshire Boulevard through Westlake Park, Los Angeles, 1934
Date Created: 1934
Date: 1934
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: In 1934, a berm was built across MacArthur Park in order to connect Wilshire to Orange Street, which was then renamed Wilshire Boulevard.
Construction workers clear the park for extension of Wilshire through Westlake Park. Westlake Theater and its three-story neon sign can be seen in the distance.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles Streets, Wilshire Blvd Thru Westlake Park

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Location: MacArthur Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Longitude: 34.058728
Latitude: -118.276772
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Road construction--California--Los Angeles
Parks--California--Los Angeles
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
MacArthur Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_5993
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cw48c
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Rights Country: US
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