The Starlight Bowl was dedicated June 17, 1951. It was built at a cost of $175,000 with an original capacity of 2500 people. The site, “a natural amphitheater with good acoustics created by curving mountain slopes,” according to the Los Angeles Times, had already been home to performances for decades before the Bowl was built. Easter sunrise services were popular events in the unimproved space going back to the 1930s and the Burbank Symphony Orchestra held successful concert series there in the 1940s. This photo shows an area near the natural amphitheater in the 1940s. From notes on back: “Starlight Bowl - 40’s.”
Type
image
Format
nonprojected graphic 7x9 b&w photo
Identifier
islandora:215 local: cco00147
Subject
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)--Amphitheaters--1940s--Starlight Bowl (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)
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