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Title: "Oscar" on his back, Shrine Auditorium
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Neighborhoods Photo Collection;
Creator: Friedkin, Anthony
Contributor: Part of the Los Angeles Neighborhoods Project. Made accessible through a grant from the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued: 1997
Publication Information: Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America
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: A giant "Oscar" replica for the Academy Awards lays on his back in a lot at the Shrine Auditorium. The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent as well as most watched awards ceremony in the world. The Oscar statuette, which is made of gold-plated britannium on a black metal base, stands at 13.5 inches tall, and weighs 8.5 lbs; it depicts a knight holding a crusader's sword, standing on a reel of film with five spokes. The five spokes each represent the original branches of the Academy: Actors, Writers, Directors, Producers and Technicians. The official name of the Oscar statuette is the "Academy Award of Merit".
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print:b&w ;29 x36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00068106
Los Angeles Neighborhoods Collection;
GPC_b26_f3_i5
CARL0000072305
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/3705
Subject: Shrine Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy Awards (Motion pictures)
Motion pictures--Awards
Awards--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Neighborhoods Collection photographs

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