California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of a nighttime movie premier of "Hell's Angels" at Grauman's Chinese Theater, ca.1929

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View of a nighttime movie premier of "Hell's Angels" at Grauman's Chinese Theater, ca.1929

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Photograph of a view of a nighttime movie premier of "Hell's Angels" at Grauman's Chinese Theater, ca.1929. The theater can be seen at center with a large crowd visible on either side of the walkway that runs down center from the road to the theater. Two palm trees are visible in front of the theater, while banners can be seen on the building. Spotlights illuminate the building. A vertical sign reading "Hells" can be seen on the building at left, while "Angels" can be seen on the portion of the building at right. Automobiles and buses can be seen on Hollywood Boulevard in front of the theater, while the silhouettes of three men can be seen in the left foreground.

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Title View of a nighttime movie premier of "Hell's Angels" at Grauman's Chinese Theater, ca.1929

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1929

Subject Chinese Theater (Los Angeles, Calif.) (lcsh), Grauman's Chinese Theater (subject), Motion picture industry--United States (lcsh), Motion picture theaters (lcsh), performance sites (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Hollywood (city or populated place), 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 ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

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

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-m6258

Identifier 36736 (accession number), CHS-36736 (call number), CHS-36736 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6351 (legacy record id), chs-m6258 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6351

Unique identifier UC128109

Legacy Identifier CHS-36736.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.6 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
42.4 cm × 33.9 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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