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Barnsdall Park History and Photographs

Posted By Bruce Torrence on Sunday, August 14, 2011 11:56:00 AM  |  Comment on This Post

BARNSDALL PARK HISTORY AND PHOTOGRAPHS

OLIVE HILL BECOMES BARNSDALL PARK

Long before the cultural movement was to strike Los Angeles, Aline Barnsdall purchased Olive Hill on June 3, 1919, for the purpose or establishing an art center. The property, consisting of thirty-six acres bounded by Hollywood Boulevard, Sunset Boulevard, Vermont Avenue and Edgemont Street,...

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