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Title
Grauman's Chinese Theater during the premier of Hell's Angels, ca.1929
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1929
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 Grauman's Chinese Theater during the premier of Hell's Angels, ca.1929. The large, Chinese-style theater can be seen in the background at center. Palm trees and tents can be seen in the inner courtyard, while large signs flank the entryway and proclaim the name of the film. A large crowd is gathered on the street in the foreground as actors make their way from automobiles into the movie house at right. More cars can be seen whizzing by on the road in the foreground at right.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative,b&w
18 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m19899 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-36068
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m19899
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-36068.jpg
Subject
Automobiles
Motion picture theaters
Crowds
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976
Performance sites
Time Period
circa 1929
Place
California
Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles
USA
Source
36068 [Accession number]
CHS-36068 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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