Exterior view of the Art Theatre in Redondo Beach, ca.1910

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Art Theatre in Redondo Beach, ca.1910. To the right, the box office can be seen, a decorative sign encrusted with lights to the above it which reads "Art Theatre" and below presents a sign that says "Paramount Pictures". To the left, a larger, less ornamental section of the building is shown, with windows that appear to be covered by curtain on the interior. In front of this section, a cart can be seen which advertises pop corn and peanuts.; Legible signs from left to right include: "Cigar Factory No. 121", "Paramount Pictures. 'Heliotrope'", "Heliotrope: a Paramount Pictures Cosmipolitan Production", "Nature's Contrasts. To travel is to possess the world. Burton Holmes", "Exit", "Entrance", and "Art Theatre. Opens 6:45. Night Shows continuous from 7:00. Matinees as Announced".

Asset Metadata

Title Exterior view of the Art Theatre in Redondo Beach, ca.1910

Subject Art Theatre (subject), buildings (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Redondo Beach -- Architecture -- General (file heading), Motion pictures (lcsh), performance sites (adlf), Theaters (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1910

Type images

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

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1910

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-m1178

Identifier 12751 (accession number), CHS-12751 (call number), CHS-12751 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2056 (legacy record id), chs-m1178 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-1222 (legacy record id), 1-42-41 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2056

Unique identifier UC117979

Legacy Identifier CHS-12751.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.6 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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