Theatre site, Beachwood Canyon, Hollywood, Calif. – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Theatre site, Beachwood Canyon, Hollywood, Calif. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Theatre site, Beachwood Canyon, Hollywood, Calif.
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Few places in early Hollywood were as ambitious on paper as this hillside in Beachwood Canyon, pictured as an open-air theater site around 1916. The image is a long, narrow gelatin silver panorama, nearly four feet wide, suited to the sweep of a bowl-shaped slope. Its survival owes to a copyright deposit submitted by George Loren Prince in June 1916, which is how the print reached the Library of Congress. Outdoor theatres modeled loosely on ancient Greek amphitheatres were a popular idea in Southern California in the 1910s, and this site reflects that enthusiasm.
| Created / published | c1916. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 7.5 x 46.5 in. |
| Genre | Gelatin silver prints.Panoramic photographs. |
| Notes | J216252 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; George Loren Prince; June 6, 1916. Copyright claimant's address: 937 Hill St., Los Angeles, CA. |
| Subjects | Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Open-air theaters.United States--California--Los Angeles. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,282 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-197774 |
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