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Title
View of the Pico drive-in theater, California's first, showing speakers, ca.1934-1947
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1934/1947
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 view of the Pico drive-in theater, California's first, showing speakers, ca.1934-1947. At center, the screen is shown at a distance. In front, numerous rows of speakers delineate the parking areas for the theater. The theater was opened on September 9, 1934. It was located at 10860 West Pico Boulevard
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17697 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-37078
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17697
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-37078.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--Theaters--General
Pico Drive-in Theater
Theaters
Performance sites
Time Period
circa 1934/1947
Place
10860 West Pico Boulevard
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
37078 [Accession number]
CHS-37078 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
chs-m265

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