California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Interior view of Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, showing seating and screen, [s.d.]

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Interior view of Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, showing seating and screen, [s.d.]

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Photograph of an interior view of Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, showing seating and screen, [s.d.]. The ornate ceiling of the theater hall can be seen at the top of the image, displaying byzantine lattice work. Below, the screen is visible to the left, inset into a frame of faux-Egyptian columns. In the foreground at bottom, the rows of seats can be seen. Below the image, a list of architectural credits can be seen along with page numbers, suggesting that the image is from a magazine.

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Title Interior view of Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, showing seating and screen, [s.d.]

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

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)

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)

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-m3232

Identifier 12899 (accession number), CHS-12899 (call number), CHS-12899 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4190 (legacy record id), chs-m3232 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-3304 (legacy record id), 1-19-12 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4190

Unique identifier UC118330

Legacy Identifier CHS-12899.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.5 in × 16.9 in at 300dpi
34.2 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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