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Item Overview TITLE Know Your City No.78 Memorial fountain and courtyard of Campo de Cahuenga, Calif. DATE CREATED February 3, 1956 DATE 1956-02-03 PUBLISHER Los Angeles Times LANGUAGE No linguistic content COLLECTION Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection Notes DESCRIPTION ANSWER: Shown in the picture is the memorial, Campo de Cahuenga, scene of the signing of the Treaty of Cahuenga by Lt. Col. John C. Fremont of the U.S. Army and Gen Andres Pico of the Mexican forces. By this treaty, signed Jan. 13, 1847, the United States acquired California. This memorial building and courtyard are at 3919 Lankershim Blvd., near the Los Angeles River and across the street from Universal City. Declared Historic-Cultural Monument #29 by the City of Los Angeles in 1964. CAPTION KNOW YOUR CITY, NO.78 -- Although it shouldn't, this one may stump you. You get no hints--other than this probably is one of most historically significant spots in California. Something to do with signatures. Answers on Page 31, Part l. Physical Description EXTENT 1 photograph DIMENSIONS 10 x 12.5 cm. MEDIUM b&w negative Keywords GENRE news photographs NAMES Treaty of Cahuenga (1847)--Monuments LOCATION Los Angeles (Calif.) LONGITUDE 34.1396655726338 LATITUDE -118.362106606364 RESOURCE TYPE still image SUBJECTS Historic sites--California--Los Angeles Memorials--California--Los Angeles County Landmarks Find This Item REPOSITORY University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections LOCAL IDENTIFIER uclalat_1429_b257_95950CW ARK ark:/21198/zz0002t5pp MANIFEST URL IIIF Manifest Access Condition RIGHTS STATEMENT copyrighted RIGHTS CONTACT UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988 RIGHTS HOLDER The Regents of the University of California RIGHTS COUNTRY US LICENSE

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