Exterior view of the Laughlin Theatre, Long Beach, 1921

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Laughlin Theatre, Long Beach, 1921. The two-story building with a four-story tower can be seen at center. The tower has a dome on top and a sign on the top reading, "Laughlin Tower". Shops with cloth awnings can be seen next to the theatre, while three pedestrians can be seen on the sidewalk at left. An automobile can be seen parked in front of the theatre at right. The road can be seen in the foreground at right, which curves to the left around the theatre building. Legible signs, from left to right, include: "$50,000 Stock", "St. George Apartments", "America Dye Works", "Mc[...] V[...] S[...]", "Coca Cola", "Clarks For Drugs".

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Title Exterior view of the Laughlin Theatre, Long Beach, 1921

Subject Laughlin Theatre (subject), Los Angeles County -- Long Beach -- Architecture -- Commercial (file heading), Motion picture theaters (lcsh), performance sites (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1921

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 1921

Creator Winstead (photographer)

Contributor Lewis, Jim (donor)

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-m6444

Identifier 44982 (accession number), CHS-44982 (call number), CHS-44982 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6530 (legacy record id), chs-m6444 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-6559 (legacy record id), 86-3-34 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6530

Unique identifier UC116743

Legacy Identifier CHS-44982.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.5 in × 16.5 in at 300dpi
52.0 cm × 41.9 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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