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Title
Merced Theatre, Main Street
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator
Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1915
Publication Information
C.C. Pierce & CO
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.
Description
Ezra F. Kysor designed the Italianate theater, built in 1870 by William Abbott and named for his wife. It opened on January 30, 1871 and is the oldest surviving theater in Los Angeles.
Exterior view of front of the Merced Theatre on Main Street. On the street level are business with signs, Yamanobe Grocer 424, A. Itami Clothing Store 422. Camas Nuevas.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00015404
Los Angeles Photographers Collection; C.C. Pierce Collection
GPC_b49_f1_i39; S-006-246 4x5
CARL0000004250
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/126268
Subject
Merced Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Grocery stores--California--Los Angeles
Theaters--California--Los Angeles
Storefronts--California--Los Angeles
Stores & shops--California--Los Angeles
Architecture--California--Los Angeles--Italian influences
Main Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Kysor, Ezra F

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