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Title
Vista Theater
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1951
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
The theater, originally known as Bard's Hollywood Theatre, was designed by Lewis A. Smith and opened in 1923.
Front exterior view of the Egyptian revival style Vista Theater, located at 4473 Sunset Drive in the Los Feliz district of Los Angeles. Various businesses are seen next door, as well as down Hollywood Boulevard on the left. The following movies are listed on the marquee: "Young and the Damned," "Gypsy's Flamenco" and "Satin Slippers."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00015504
Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Collection
C- 7 (593)
CARL0000004122
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/90128
Subject
Vista Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Motion picture theaters--California--Los Feliz (Los Angeles)
Egyptian revival (Architecture)--California--Los Feliz (Los Angeles)
Marquees--California--Los Feliz (Los Angeles)
Stores & shops--California--Los Feliz (Los Angeles)
Storefronts--California--Los Feliz (Los Angeles)
Signs and signboards--California--Los Feliz (Los Angeles)
Sidewalks--California--Los Feliz (Los Angeles)
Streets--California--Los Feliz (Los Angeles)
Electric lines--Poles and towers
Smith, Lewis A
Los Feliz (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Hollywood Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Sunset Drive (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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