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Title
Street view of marquee and building, Lincoln Theatre, July 1949
Date Created and/or Issued
1949-07
Contributing Institution
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Collection
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Convention Collection
Rights Information
Notice regarding copyright of materials available online: http://lib.calpoly.edu/support/policies/sca-policies/copyright-guidelines/#online-copyright
Description
One of the many fanciful movie houses found throughout Los Angeles, the Moorish-style Lincoln Theatre at 2300 South Central Avenue was designed by architect John Paxton Perrine and opened in 1927. The Lincoln was a popular center of black entertainment including live events and motion pictures for several decades
Type
image
Format
Photographic print
Identifier
152-1-a-01-04-01
https://digital.lib.calpoly.edu/rekl-5618
Place
Los Angeles
California
United States
Source
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Convention Collection
MS 152
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt2z09r3nh/

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