California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Grauman's Chinese Theater during the premier of Hell's Angels, ca.1929

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Grauman's Chinese Theater during the premier of Hell's Angels, ca.1929

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Photograph of Grauman's Chinese Theater during the premier of Hell's Angels, ca.1929. The large, Chinese-style theater can be seen in the background at center. Palm trees and tents can be seen in the inner courtyard, while large signs flank the entryway and proclaim the name of the film. A large crowd is gathered on the street in the foreground as actors make their way from automobiles into the movie house at right. More cars can be seen whizzing by on the road in the foreground at right.

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Title Grauman's Chinese Theater during the premier of Hell's Angels, ca.1929

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Crowds (lcsh), Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 (naf), Motion picture theaters (lcsh), performance sites (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Hollywood Boulevard (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1929

Type images

Format 1 photograph : negative,b&w ; 18 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1929

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m19899

Identifier 36068 (accession number), CHS-36068 (call number), CHS-36068 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-19721 (legacy record id), chs-m19899 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 19721

Unique identifier UC122353

Legacy Identifier CHS-36068.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.5 in × 16.9 in at 300dpi
34.3 cm × 42.9 cm at 300dpi

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Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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