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Title: San Pedro drive-in theater
Creator: Leonelli, Elisa
Date Created and/or Issued: 1978
Publication Information: Claremont Colleges Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Elisa Leonelli, Photojournalist
Rights Information: Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. For permission, email leonelli@earthlink.net
Photo © Elisa Leonelli, 1978
Description: San Pedro Drive-In. 1811 N. Gaffey Street, San Pedro, CA 90731. The San Pedro Drive-In opened on June 6th, 1949. It had a distinctive trademark in a colorful mural emblazoned on the highway side of the steel and plaster screen tower building. At the top of the graphic illustration of a caballero on horseback waving to approaching ships, the theater name was blocked out in neon-lighted letters. The architect was William Glenn Balch & Louis L. Bryan. It had a car capacity for 831, and was operated by the Pacific Theatres chain. It was closed November 22, 1982. http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/5538
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: elp01952.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll13/id/2092
Language: English
Subject: Drive-in theaters
Mural paintings (visual works)
Place: California
San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Color photograph: Drive-in theaters, Elisa Leonelli photo archives
Relation: Drive-in theaters
Elisa Leonelli, Photojournalist - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll13

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