Exterior view of the Mayan Theater, displaying a marquee for the play "Oh Kay", ca.1925

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Mayan Theater, displaying a marquee for the play "Oh Kay", ca.1925. The tall, ornate facade of the building is shown, a collection of seven cathedtral-style windows positioned over the entrance, each window topped by a faux-Mayan relief carving. Below, a man can be seen walking to the left along the sidewalk. The marquee above him reads "Elsie Janis in the musical comedy Oh Kay". An automobile can be seen parked along the sidewalk to the left.

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Title Exterior view of the Mayan Theater, displaying a marquee for the play "Oh Kay", ca.1925

Subject Janis, Elsie (subject), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Theaters -- Mayan (file heading), Mayan Theater (subject), performance sites (adlf), Theaters (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1925

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegatives, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1925

Creator Clements (architect), Morgan (architect), Walls (architect)

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-m1454

Identifier 12889 (accession number), CHS-12889 (call number), CHS-36384 (call number), CHS-36384 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2319 (legacy record id), chs-m1454 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-1499 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-1501 (legacy record id), 1-19-2 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2319

Unique identifier UC115809

Legacy Identifier CHS-36384.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.5 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
47.0 cm × 33.7 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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