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Title: Forecourt of the Alexander Theatre
Alternative Title: Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: Circa 1925
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 view of the forecourt of the Alexander Theatre (later known as the Alex Theatre) located on Brand Avenue in Glendale. Designed by architects Charles R. Selkirk and Arthur G. Lindley with an emphasis on Greek and Egyptian themes, it opened its doors as a Vaudeville and motion picture house in 1925. In 1940, the Greek Revival theater was modified by S. Charles Lee, who added a 100 foot tall Art Deco tower, a three-sided marquee, outdoor ticketing kiosk, and the decorative terrazzo floor crested in bright tropical colors.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00014447
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Glendale-Theaters-Alexander Theater.; A-002-793 4x5
CARL0000064983
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/86677
Subject: Alex Theatre (Glendale, Calif.)
Motion picture theaters--California--Glendale
Greek revival (Architecture)--California--Glendale
Selkirk, Charles R
Lindley, Arthur G
Glendale (Calif.)

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