Kelly, Howard D
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.Aerial view shows two major centers of interest, the Memorial Coliseum and the Memorial Sports Arena; view is looking northwest. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, located at 3911 S. Figueroa Street, was officially opened on May 1, 1923 and was designed by John and Donald Parkinson; general contractor was Edwards, Widley & Dixon Company. The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, located at 3939 S. Figueroa Street, was officially opened on July 4, 1959 and was designed by Welton Becket; general contractor was L.E. Dixon Company. Figueroa Street can be seen from bottom left corner to middle right; the Harbor (110) Freeway runs across bottom right corner; Santa Barbara Avenue (later Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard) is seen from middle left to bottom middle. Photograph taken for Pioneer Flint Kote. Photograph dated June 12, 1959.
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California Digital LibraryKeywords
- Aerial Photographs
- Aerial Views
- Arenas
- California
- Dwellings
- Figueroa Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Interstate 110
- Los Angeles
- Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monuments
- Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Parkinson, Donald B.(Donald Berthold),1895 1945
- Parkinson, John,1861 1935
- Santa Barbara Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Stadiums
- Streets
- University Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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