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Title
Exterior view of the Laughlin Theatre, Long Beach, ca.1930
Creator
Winstead
Contributor
Lewis, Jim
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1930
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 an exterior view of the Laughlin Theatre, Long Beach, ca.1930. The two-story building with a four-story tower can be seen at center. The tower has a dome on top and a sign on the top reading, "Laughlin Tower". Shops with cloth awnings can be seen next to the theatre, while three pedestrians can be seen on the sidewalk at left. An automobile can be seen parked in front of the theatre at right. The road can be seen in the foreground at right, which curves to the left around the theatre building. Legible signs, from left to right, include: "$50,000 Stock", "St. George Apartments", "America Dye Works", "Mc[...] V[...] S[...]", "Coca Cola", "Clarks For Drugs".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m6444
USC-0-1-1-6559 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-44982
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m6444
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-44982.jpg
Subject
Laughlin Theatre
Los Angeles County--Long Beach--Architecture--Commercial
Motion picture theaters
Performance sites
Time Period
circa 1930
Place
California
Long Beach
Los Angeles
USA
Source
44982 [Accession number]
86-3-34 [Microfiche number]
CHS-44982 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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