California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Exterior view of a Warner Brothers theater in Hollywood, 1931

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Exterior view of a Warner Brothers theater in Hollywood, 1931

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Photograph of an exterior view of a Warner Brothers theater in Hollywood, 1931. The theater is on a street corner at center. The entrance to the theater can be seen on the first floor of a very tall rectangular building. Rows of shops and stores can be seen in two-story buildings that extend into the distance at right and left. A crowd of people can be seen in front of the theater. Several automobiles can be seen on the street at left.; Legible signs include, from left: "Latin Linen Shops", "Thrifty Cut Rate", "Warner Bros. Western", "Sally's", "WB", "Premiere -- Mr. Arliss 'Alexander Hamilton'", "The Henry de Roulet Co. Realtor", and "Mr. George Arliss".

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Title Exterior view of a Warner Brothers theater in Hollywood, 1931

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), performance sites (adlf), Theaters (lcsh), Transportation -- Automobiles -- General (file heading), Warner Brothers Theater (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1931

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 17 x 13 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (aat)

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

Date Created 1931

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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m21114

Identifier 35227 (accession number), CHS-35227 (call number), CHS-35227 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20129 (legacy record id), chs-m21114 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20129

Unique identifier UC122655

Legacy Identifier CHS-35227.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.6 in × 18.1 in at 300dpi
32.0 cm × 46.1 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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