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Beverly Hills City Hall and residential and commercial areas, Beverly Hills. May 20, 1932

Description: 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."
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Date: May 20, 1932
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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)

Beverly Hills City Hall, Beverly Hills. 1932

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A street view of Beverly Hills City Hall. The main part of the building is three stories, with a tower in the center that goes up to about eight stories. Two one-story wings stretch between the main part of the building and the street. A man in a suit stands in front of the building, at the top of a fountain which extends part of the way up the front steps. There are young palm trees planted in the courtyard just in front of the building. Located at the corner of Crescent Drive and Burton, the building was opened in 1932.

photCL 470 (134)

City Hall, Beverly Hills, Cal

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Image of the Beverly Hills City Hall building showing the corner of an automobile parked on the street and street lights in Beverly Hills, California.

photCL_555_06_1710

Gardens and town square, Beverly Hills. 1920

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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".

photCL 470 (131)

City Hall, Beverly Hills, Cal

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Image of the Beverly Hills City Hall building with automobiles parked on the street in Beverly Hills, California.

photCL_555_06_1709

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