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Title: First Municipal Auditorium interior
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Photo Collection
Creator: Winstead Photo
Date Created and/or Issued: Circa 1920
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: Title supplied by cataloger.
An orchestra and its conductor pose on stage at the first Long Beach Municipal Auditorium. The stage is framed by a decorative arch and wooden chairs are placed on the auditorium floor.; The first Long Beach Municipal Auditorium was built in 1905 on the east side of the municipal pier at Seaside and Pine Ave. for a capacity crowd of 6000. A wooden-frame construction with supporting pillars, the upper deck collapsed on May 15, 1913, during the "British Empire Day" celebration. The auditorium was replaced in 1932 by the second Long Beach Municipal Auditorium.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00014876
Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Collection
C-4 (667) 4x5
CARL0000002909
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/86693
Subject: Municipal Auditorium (Long Beach, Calif.)
Theaters--California--Long Beach
Auditoriums--California--Long Beach
Orchestras--California--Long Beach
Long Beach (Calif.)

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