California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Footprints and handprints in concrete outside of Grauman's Chinese Theater, ca.1938

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Footprints and handprints in concrete outside of Grauman's Chinese Theater, ca.1938

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Photograph of footprints and handprints in concrete outside of Grauman's Chinese Theater, ca.1938. Legible writing in the concrete includes, from left to right: "With Many Thanks And Appreciate To Sid Grauman. Freddie Bartholome[...] 4-4-36", "Love To You All. Shirley Temple", "Fredrie M[...]", and "To Side With All My Sole Joe[...]Brown. My Mouth Print. 3-5-[...]". Several concrete slabs are devoid of autographs and handprints. Photoprint reads, "Footprints and autographs of the stars. Chinese Theatre. Hollywood, Cal. 27 2".

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Title Footprints and handprints in concrete outside of Grauman's Chinese Theater, ca.1938

Contributor Conrich, Robert S. (donated 1983) (donor)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1938

Subject Grauman's Chinese 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 1938

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (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-m3240

Identifier 41630 (accession number), CHS-41630 (call number), CHS-41630 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4198 (legacy record id), chs-m3240 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-3312 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4198

Unique identifier UC118648

Legacy Identifier CHS-41630.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.7 in × 9.6 in at 300dpi
34.9 cm × 24.5 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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