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Title: Merced Theatre with the Pico House
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Photo Collection
Creator: Reagh, William
Date Created and/or Issued: 1968
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: Ezra F. Kysor designed the Italianate theater, built in 1870 by William Abbott and named for his wife. It opened on January 30, 1871 and is the oldest surviving theater in Los Angeles.
Exterior view of front of the Merced Theatre. At the very top reads, "1st L.A. Theater Mercedes." On the left is the Pico House.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00015407
Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Collection
C-(3832)
CARL0000004248
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/124814
Subject: Merced Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Pico House (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Theaters--California--Los Angeles
Architecture--California--Los Angeles--Italian influences
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Main Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Kysor, Ezra F

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