US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-2249
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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Chandelier with hanging globes, hanging from center canopy portion of ceiling decorated with brocade and ropes, with portion of proscenium arch over stage in background Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, January 14, 1926, Exploring Amid Wonders of Al Malaikah Edifice, Shrine Temple Amazes, Civic Leaders Get First View of Beautiful Structure; Moorish Motif Prevails Throughout. … Rare beauty marks the ceiling, with its jeweled tapestry-suspended canopy, reflecting the blue of an Arabian sky, and in the center a magnificent chandelier weighing almost five tons and composed of 100,000 individual pieces of cut glass. Virtually every tint and color known to man can be reproduced by the chandelier with its range of sixty-four colors and shades. … Handwritten at edge of negative: Chandelier @ Shrine Temple 3 Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Shrine Auditorium
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