Title supplied by cataloger. The auditoriums's green and white 228-foot long front facade features four stylized towers and flagpoles meant to represent upswept aircraft fins above the entrance. Designed by architects Wurdemann & Becket, it was one of America's finest examples of Streamline Moderne architecture. From 1935 to 1972, numerous sporting events, rallies, circuses, and car shows were held here; the auditorium was closed after the Los Angeles Convention Center opened. After years of neglect and failed attempts at restoration, the structure was destroyed by fire in 1989. Pan Pacific Park now occupies this site. The Pan Pacific Auditorium where the Chevrolet Truck and Special Equipment Show is being held, as indicated by the Foster and Kleiser billboard (left). Photograph dated October 22, 1948.
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1 negative :safety ;13 x 18 cm. Photographic safety negatives
Pan Pacific Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.) Billboards--California--Fairfax (Los Angeles) Chevrolet automobile Automobile shows--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Auditoriums--California--Fairfax (Los Angeles) Art deco (Architecture)--California--Fairfax (Los Angeles) Lost architecture--California--Fairfax (Los Angeles) Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs Blackstock Collection photographs Wurdeman, Walter C Becket, Welton
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