California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Beach and the Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, ca.1933

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Beach and the Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, ca.1933

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Photograph of the beach and the Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, ca.1933. The beach is in the foreground and is a wide, sandy expanse occupied by hundreds of beachgoers lounging under umbrellas. Many people are swimming in the ocean in the distance at right. A large covered seating area is at left, and a tall bandstand is directly in front of it. The auditorium is in the background at right and is a massive rectangular building decorated by archways and arch-shaped windows. A walkway can be seen at right, and many people are visible. In the distance at left, a very tall building with a pointed tower can be seen.

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Title Beach and the Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, ca.1933

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1933

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)

Date Created 1933

Creator Padilla Studios (photographer)

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-m6467

Identifier 14505 (accession number), CHS-14505 (call number), CHS-14505 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6552 (legacy record id), chs-m6467 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-6582 (legacy record id), 1-32-188 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6552

Unique identifier UC116897

Legacy Identifier CHS-14505.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.2 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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