Exterior view of the Mayan Theater, displaying a marquee for the play "Oh Kay", ca.1925

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Title	Exterior view of the Mayan Theater, displaying a marquee for the play "Oh Kay", ca.1925
Description	Photograph of an exterior view of the Mayan Theater, displaying a marquee for the play "Oh Kay", ca.1925. The tall, ornate facade of the building is shown, a collection of seven cathedtral-style windows positioned over the entrance, each window topped by a faux-Mayan relief carving. Below, a man can be seen walking to the left along the sidewalk. The marquee above him reads "Elsie Janis in the musical comedy Oh Kay". An automobile can be seen parked along the sidewalk to the left.
Subject	Janis, Elsie; Mayan Theater
Subject (adlf)	performance sites
Subject (file heading)	Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Theaters -- Mayan
Subject (lcsh)	Theaters
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1925
Architect	Morgan; Walls; Clements
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1925
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : photonegatives, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 13 x 18 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographs
Accession number	12889
Call number	CHS-12889; CHS-36384
Microfiche number	1-19-2
Legacy record ID	chs-m1454; USC-0-1-1-1499; USC-0-1-1-1501
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-36384
Full text	3-(&3 &¥
Archival file	chs_Volume27/CHS-36384.tiff

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