California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Interior view of the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium showing proscenium detail, ca.1930

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Interior view of the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium showing proscenium detail, ca.1930

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Photograph of an interior view of the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium showing proscenium detail, ca.1930. The stage can be seen at center with the decorated curtain drawn. Intricate carvings are visible around the edge of the stage, while rows of seats can be seen below at right in front of the stage.

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Title Interior view of the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium showing proscenium detail, ca.1930

Subject Auditoriums (lcsh), Long Beach Municipal Auditorium (subject), Los Angeles County -- Long Beach -- Architecture -- Public buildings (file heading), performance sites (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1930

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 1930

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-m6474

Identifier 44990 (accession number), CHS-44990 (call number), CHS-44990 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6559 (legacy record id), chs-m6474 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-6589 (legacy record id), 86-3-38 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6559

Unique identifier UC116728

Legacy Identifier CHS-44990.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.6 in × 20.7 in at 300dpi
42.2 cm × 52.6 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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