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Title
Man standing outside a movie theater looking at posters, ca.1920
Contributor
Tafel, Hugo Jr
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920
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 man standing outside a movie theater looking at posters, ca.1920. The man is at center and is wearing a dark suit and a dark cap. His hands are in his pockets as he examines a movie poster at left. The poster advertises a double feature that includes Norma Talmadge in "Yes or No" and Harold Lloyd in "The Big Idea". The entrance to the theater can be seen at center, and another movie poster can be seen in the background at right.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
12 x 8 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m23717 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-48453
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m23717
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-48453.jpg
Subject
Motion pictures
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1920
Place
California
USA
Source
48453 [Accession number]
CHS-48453 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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