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Title
Pico House & Merced Theatre
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Creator
Hankey, Roy
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1978
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.
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
The Pico House is listed as California Historical Landmark No. 159 and National Historic NPS-72000231. Ezra F. Kysor designed the Italianate Merced Theatre, built in 1870 by William Abbott and named for his wife, Mercedes. It opened on January 30, 1871 and is the oldest surviving theater in Los Angeles.
Looking northeast across Main Street at Arcadia Street towards the Pico House (left) and the Merced Theatre.
Type
image
Format
1 slide : color ; 5x5 cm.
Photographic color slides
Identifier
00160947
Roy Hankey Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
GPC_b123_f1_s6
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/134387
Subject
Streets
Pico House (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Merced Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Sidewalks
Theaters
Trees
Architecture, Italian influences
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Main Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Arcadia Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
California Historical Landmarks
El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Kysor, Ezra F
Time Period
1971-1980
Source
Hankey, Roy.

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