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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a composite of interior views of the Mayan Theater, ca.1925. Three separate views are shown: the top view depcits the theater's stage "showing asbestos". A jungle-themed tapestry serves as the drop-scene curtain, framed by faux-Mayan relief carving. The leftmost bottom image depicts a drinking fountain in the theater in the form of a basin balanced on the head of a carving that depicts a pygmie warrior. He is flanked to either side by decoration in the shape of gila monster heads. Finally, to the right, the tableau stage is shown, one of the two smaller stages that flank the main stage to either side. Several rows of seats are visible in the foreground. Picture file card reads "Photo from magazine".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 26 x 21 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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