California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Large crowd gathered outside of the Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, ca.1940

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Large crowd gathered outside of the Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, ca.1940

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Photograph of a large crowd gathered outside of the Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, ca.1940. The massive stone building can be seen at center. A raised semicircular platform can be seen in front of the main structure of the building, which is punctuated by a huge archway at center. The words "Municipal Auditorium" are written near the top of the building. A large crowd is gathered on the ground in the foreground to watch a band. More people can be seen at various points on the building. Patriotic banners decorated the auditorium.

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Title Large crowd gathered outside of the Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, ca.1940

Subject Auditoriums (lcsh), Bands (Music) (lcsh), Long Beach Municipal Auditorium (subject), Los Angeles County -- Long Beach -- Architecture -- Public buildings (file heading), Military music (lcsh), performance sites (adlf), Rites and ceremonies (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1940

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 1940

Creator Inmann Company (photographer)

Contributor Foster & Kleiser (donated 1979-06-01) (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-m6466

Identifier 32807 (accession number), CHS-32807 (call number), CHS-32807 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6551 (legacy record id), chs-m6466 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-6581 (legacy record id), 1-32-129 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6551

Unique identifier UC116741

Legacy Identifier CHS-32807.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.5 in × 20.5 in at 300dpi
42.0 cm × 52.1 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Date Created 1860/1960

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California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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