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Title
Open-air drive-in theatre, Los Angeles, Cal
Creator
Brookwell Photo
Date Created and/or Issued
1934
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Image of a drive-in movie theater in Los Angeles, California, with a woman standing on the corner at the intersection of West Pico Boulevard and Westwood Boulevard. The writing on the drive-in signs read "Drive-in theatre sit in your car see and hear talking pictures on the world's largest screen - California's first" "turn all lights out here" and "drive-in theater admission prices adults $.35 per person."
"Open-air drive-in theater, Los Angeles, Cal." "94" and "Brookwell Photo"--text, on negative. Title transcribed from negative; date supplied by cataloger based history of the drive-in which opened in 1934. A note from Ernest Marquez said this is one of the first drive-ins, located on Pico Blvd. between Westwood and Overland Boulevards.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 photograph : film negative ; sheet 11.5 x 16.2 cm
Identifier
photCL_555
487999
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/17625
Subject
Drive-in theaters
Streets
Street signs
Signs and signboards
Theaters
Photographs. (aat)
Place
Los Angeles (Calif.)
West Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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