California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Grauman's Chinese Theater illuminated for a premier of "The Gaucho", November 4, 1927

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Grauman's Chinese Theater illuminated for a premier of "The Gaucho", November 4, 1927

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Photograph of the Grauman's Chinese Theater illuminated for a premier of "The Gaucho", November 4, 1927. The theater walkway is shown covered by a canopy at center, while to the right, a large banner advertises "Douglas Fairbanks". Automobiles are shown making their way down the boulevard at center, while both in front of and behind them, spectators can be seen huddled together. Spotlights can be seen criss-crossing the entrance.
See also CHS-48111 .

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Title Grauman's Chinese Theater illuminated for a premier of "The Gaucho", November 4, 1927

Subject Chinese Theater (subject), Fairbanks, Douglas (personal name), Motion picture industry--United States (lcsh), Motion picture theaters--California (lcsh), Motion pictures (lcsh), performance sites (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1933

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1933

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-m22649

Identifier 49191 (accession number), CHS-49191 (call number), CHS-49191 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-21799 (legacy record id), chs-m22649 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 21799

Unique identifier UC125130

Legacy Identifier CHS-49191.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 27.7 in × 20.2 in at 300dpi
70.4 cm × 51.3 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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