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Gardens and town square, Beverly Hills. 1920

Description: A panoramic view of Beverly Gardens Park, in Beverly Hills, at the corner of Beverly and Santa Monica. The Beverly Gardens Park extends on either side of Beverly, which is in the center of the image. The park has wide, flat lawns with a few flower beds, paths, and young trees. On the right a large sign reading "Beverly Hills" stands behind a wide, shallow pool. Both the sign and the house on Beverly on the right are still there. Most of the land beyond the park is undeveloped. Writing in white in the lower left corner reads "Pierce ; 8020".
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1920
Call number: photCL 470 (131)
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Beverly Hills City Hall and residential and commercial areas, Beverly Hills. May 20, 1932

Visual Materials

A slightly elevated panoramic view of Beverly Hills, showing City Hall, parks, and residential and commercial areas. Beverly Gardens Park, with its wide lawns, young trees, and lily ponds, separates the residential area beyond it, filled with palm-lined streets and houses, from the commercial area on the right, with the Security First National Bank of Los Angeles, the Beverly Hills Community Store, and the Beverly Hills Realty Co. The road stretching from the bottom left corner, past the towering City Hall building on the right, is Santa Monica. There are light rail lines along the near side of Santa Monica. Writing in white in the lower right corner reads "Photo By - ; C.C. Pierce & Co. ; 1572 W. Pico Blvd. L.A. ; 5-20-1932."

photCL 470 (132)

Beverly Hills. 1920s

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A slightly elevated panoramic view of Beverly Hills. Taken from a hillside, the houses on the flat land at the bottom are large but closely spaced. The houses on the hills on the far right are more secluded, and surrounded by wooded areas.

photCL 470 (033)

Roxbury Drive subdivision, Beverly Hills. October 15, 1938

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A panoramic street view of the Roxbury Drive subdivision in Beverly Hills. Three two-story buildings have been constructed, each with multiple apartment units. The two on the far left are completed, but the one just to the right of them is still under construction. A few houses have been built beyond the apartments buildings, and more on the far right. The land between is undeveloped, as is the land in the immediate foreground, and there is a sign at the street corner that reads "Roxbury Manor ; New income lots ; Lawrence Block Co." A few automobiles are parked on the streets. Writing in white in bottom right corner reads "Photo by Osborne ; C.C. Pierce & Co. ; 1572 W. Pico Blvd. L.A."

photCL 470 (137)

Beverly-Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills

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Image of the Beverly-Wilshire Hotel and adjacent park with Brown Derby Restaurant sign at right and other local business fronts visible in Beverly Hills, California. Some of the signs along the street read "Oviatt's Beverly Wilshire" "Steak sandwich" "Cafe None-Such." There are shops for stationery and riding gear.

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Beverly Hills City Hall, Beverly Hills. 1932

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A detail of photCL 470 (132) focusing on Beverly Hills City Hall. Located at the corner of Crescent Drive and Burton, the building was opened in 1932. The area in the foreground is commercial, and is separated from City Hall by light rail tracks.

photCL 470 (133)

Sunset Park, Beverly Hills, Cal

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Image of the entrance and sign to Sunset Municipal Park, present-day Will Rogers Memorial Park, with stairs, palm trees, street lights, fountain, and the Beverly Hills Hotel visible in the distance in Beverly Hills, California.

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Gardens and town square, Beverly Hills. 1920

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