Two women performing on a barn door in the first known musical event at the Hollywood Bowl, ca.1920

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Photograph of two women performing on a barn door in the first known musical event at the Hollywood Bowl, ca.1920. The makeshift stage is at center and consists of a large wooden door lying in the dirt, supporting a grand piano. One woman is seated at the piano while the other is standing nearby. The area around the stage is bare dirt, while a brush-covered hill can be seen in the background.

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Title Two women performing on a barn door in the first known musical event at the Hollywood Bowl, ca.1920

Subject Amphitheaters (lcsh), Hollywood Bowl (subject), Los Angeles -- Hollywood -- Architecture -- Public buildings (file heading), Los Angeles -- Hollywood -- Hollywood Bowl (file heading), performance sites (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1920

Type images

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

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

Date Created 1920

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-m3330

Identifier 14567 (accession number), CHS-14567 (call number), CHS-14567 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4287 (legacy record id), chs-m3330 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-3402 (legacy record id), 1-31-265 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4287

Unique identifier UC118675

Legacy Identifier CHS-14567.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 21.1 in × 16.7 in at 300dpi
53.7 cm × 42.5 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

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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