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Title
Long Beach Muncipal Auditorium
Alternative Title
Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1932
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.
Completed in 1932 from plans drawn by J. Harold McDowell, the auditorium replaced Long Beach's first Municipal Auditorium. It was demolished in 1975 to make way for the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center.
A young woman wearing a hat and a large wreath of flowers poses on the lawn in front of the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium. The famous WPA mosaic that adorned the arched niche in front was completed after this photograph was taken.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00077158
Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Collection
N-000-384 4x5
CARL0000080852
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/112061
Subject
Municipal Auditorium (Long Beach, Calif.)
Public buildings--California--Long Beach
Auditoriums--California--Long Beach
Long Beach (Calif.)

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