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Title
Exterior view of a Warner Brothers theater in Hollywood, 1931
Date Created and/or Issued
1931
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 a Warner Brothers theater in Hollywood, 1931. The theater is on a street corner at center. The entrance to the theater can be seen on the first floor of a very tall rectangular building. Rows of shops and stores can be seen in two-story buildings that extend into the distance at right and left. A crowd of people can be seen in front of the theater. Several automobiles can be seen on the street at left.
Legible signs include, from left: "Latin Linen Shops", "Thrifty Cut Rate", "Warner Bros. Western", "Sally's", "WB", "Premiere -- Mr. Arliss 'Alexander Hamilton'", "The Henry de Roulet Co. Realtor", and "Mr. George Arliss".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w
17 x 13 cm.
transparencies
photographs
Identifier
chs-m21114 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-35227
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m21114
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-35227.jpg
Subject
Automobiles
Theaters
Transportation--Automobiles--General
Warner Brothers Theater
Performance sites
Time Period
1931
Place
California
Hollywood
Los Angeles
USA
Source
35227 [Accession number]
CHS-35227 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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