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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Exterior view of the First Shriners Auditorium at West Jefferson Boulevard and South Royal Street, Los Angeles, ca.1905-1915
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Exterior view of the First Shriners Auditorium at West Jefferson Boulevard and South Royal Street, Los Angeles, ca.1905-1915
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Photograph of the exterior view of the First Shriners Auditorium, on the corner of West Jefferson Boulevard and South Royal Street, Los Angeles, ca.1905-1915. The Moorish-style (or Islamic-style) auditorium stands at about three-stories tall. Ornamental moldings decorate the walls throughout the building. The second floor has Islamic-horseshoe-arched recesses with windows. The roof has battlements shaped like arrowheads surrounding the perimeter of the roof on the center section of the auditorium. Small onion-shaped towers with Islamic horseshoe arched openings are situated at many different areas throughout the building. Lamp posts in the shape of an upside-down crescent moon line the sidewalk and the path from the sidewalk to the main entrance. In front of the auditorium is a two-story house (at left). The house features cant and dormer windows, and a covered porch with a balustrade surrounding it. Stained glass windows display the "Shriner's official emblem".; "Originally constructed in 1926, the Shrine Auditorium was built for the Shriner Organization. This organization, formed in the 1870s, had its first official meeting in 1872. The functions of the group were similar to those of today's fraternities, with various secret rituals and traditions. As the organization grew and spread across the United States, it eventually changed its name to the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America. The group, now known as the Shriner Organization, still exists, with well over 720,000 "shriners," and uses the Shrine Auditorium to host events associated with the club. In addition, the Shriner Organization has become a philanthropy, operating 22 Shriner Hospitals for handicapped or severely burned children. The Shrine Auditorium consists of a theater and an exposition center, which is home to various sales, conventions, and large-scale parties." -- Rich DeMuro, Staff Writer, Daily Trojan.; "The Crescent was adopted as the Jewel of the Order. Though any materials can be used in forming the Crescent, the most valuable are the claws of a Royal Bengal Tiger, united at their base in a gold setting. In the center is the head of a sphinx, and on the back are a pyramid, an urn and a star. The Jewel bears the motto "Robur et Furor," which means "Strength and Fury." Today, the Shrine emblem includes a scimitar from which the crescent hangs, and a five-pointed star beneath the head of the sphinx." -- unknown author.
Asset Metadata
Title
Exterior view of the First Shriners Auditorium at West Jefferson Boulevard and South Royal Street, Los Angeles, ca.1905-1915
Subject
Associations, institutions, etc.
(lcsh),
Auditoriums
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Theaters -- General
(file heading),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Social organizations
(file heading),
performance sites
(adlf),
Shriners
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1905/1915
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 20 x 25 cm.
(aacr2),
glass plate negatives
(format),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
(subcollection)
Date Created
1905/1915
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
(photographer)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Copyright
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2073
Identifier
5676 (
accession number
), CHS-5676 (
call number
), CHS-5676 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-3012 (
legacy record id
), chs-m2073 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-2133 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
3012
Unique identifier
UC117182
Legacy Identifier
CHS-5676.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.0 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.9 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Description
The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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