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Title
Model of the ship used in the film "The Black Pirate" in the forecourt of Grauman's Egyptian Theater, Hollywood, ca.1925
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1925
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a model of the ship used in the film "The Black Pirate" in the forecourt of Grauman's Egyptian Theater, Hollywood, ca.1925. A highly-detailed minature ship is shown in the courtyard in front of the theater's entrance, just to the left of center. Its sails are emblazoned with a number of emblems, including an anchor, crown, german cross and an "x". To the right, interested patrons stand by one of the several signs that advertise the movie and its stars, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m3231
USC-0-1-1-3303 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-12897
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3231
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-12897.jpg
Subject
Egyptian Theater
Los Angeles--Hollywood--Architecture--Commercial--Theaters
Theaters
Performance sites
Time Period
circa 1925
Place
California
Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-19-10 [Microfiche number]
12897 [Accession number]
CHS-12897 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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