California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Model of the ship used in the film "The Black Pirate" in the forecourt of Grauman's Egyptian Theater, Hollywood, ca.1925

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Model of the ship used in the film "The Black Pirate" in the forecourt of Grauman's Egyptian Theater, Hollywood, ca.1925

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Photograph of a model of the ship used in the film "The Black Pirate" in the forecourt of Grauman's Egyptian Theater, Hollywood, ca.1925. A highly-detailed minature ship is shown in the courtyard in front of the theater's entrance, just to the left of center. Its sails are emblazoned with a number of emblems, including an anchor, crown, german cross and an "x". To the right, interested patrons stand by one of the several signs that advertise the movie and its stars, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks.

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Title Model of the ship used in the film "The Black Pirate" in the forecourt of Grauman's Egyptian Theater, Hollywood, ca.1925

Subject Egyptian Theater (subject), Los Angeles -- Hollywood -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Theaters (file heading), performance sites (adlf), Theaters (lcsh)

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 1925

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

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

Date Created 1925

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-m3231

Identifier 12897 (accession number), CHS-12897 (call number), CHS-12897 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4189 (legacy record id), chs-m3231 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-3303 (legacy record id), 1-19-10 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4189

Unique identifier UC118336

Legacy Identifier CHS-12897.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.5 in × 16.8 in at 300dpi
34.2 cm × 42.7 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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