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Title
Exterior of the Warner Bros. Western Theater
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1931
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
The entire 1931 French Zig-Zag Moderne style complex, which includes ground floor businesses (some visible here), the Warner Bros. Western Theater (later the Wiltern Theatre), and the Pellissier Building, was designed by Stiles O. Clements and is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.
Exterior view of the Art Deco style Warner Bros. Western Theater, with street decorations to celebrate its opening in 1931.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00015651
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Theaters-Wiltern Theater; 004-381.4 4x5
CARL0000004144
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/90141
Subject
Warner Bros. Western Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Motion picture theaters--California--Los Angeles
Theaters--California--Los Angeles
Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Wilshire Lanterns
Clements, Stiles Oliver,1883-1966
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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