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Title
El Rey Theatre
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Grayson, Steve
Date Created and/or Issued
1989
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Designed by Clifford Balch and built in 1936, the Art Deco and Streamline Moderne style El Rey Theatre was declared Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #520 in 1991.
Exterior view of the El Rey Theatre, located at 5515 Wilshire Blvd. Photograph dated September 15, 1989.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00028703
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box Theater
CARL0000035500
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/8011
Subject
El Rey Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Theaters--California--Los Angeles
Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles
Neon signs--California--Los Angeles
Marquees--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Miracle Mile (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Balch, Clifford A

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