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Identifier	clloy_128
Title	Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	1927
Subject (Topic)	Amphitheaters--California--Los Angeles; Outdoor concert facilities--California--Los Angeles; Music--Performance--California--Los Angeles; Concerts--California--Los Angeles;
Subject (Name)	Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Subject (Place)	Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University Library.
Collection Identifier	http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt9489r2nz
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/dlp/copyright.htm
Publisher	Western Publishing & Novelty Co.
Place of Publication	Los Angeles, Calif.
Language	eng
Description	A view looking down past tiers of wooden benches to a platform and covered structure in the outdoor Hollywood Bowl. The Hollywood Hills are in the background.
Historical Background	In 1919, a group of art patrons in Los Angeles known as the Theatre Arts Alliance (later the Hollywood Bowl Association), purchased land in Bolton Canyon in the Hollywood Hills for a concert venue. The site was originally known as Daisy Dell, until a music director observed that the acoustics were so good because the place was shaped like a "huge bowl" and the new name stuck. Since its inception, there have been five shells created for the Hollywood Bowl. In 1926 a cooperative called Allied Architects built the first arched proscenium, but acoustic defects caused it to be torn down after one season. That same year, Pasadena (Calif.) architect Myron Hunt designed the amphitheater. Lloyd Wright (1890-1978) designed the 1927 pyramid-shaped shell out of wood from a set of the movie "Robin Hood" that was not intended to be permanent. The following year he designed and built a second, acoustically and aesthetically appealing circular shell, but it was condemned as structurally unsafe. In 1929 the firm of Elliott, Bowen and Walz designed the fourth shell that remained until 2004, although many attempts were made in the interim to improve the acoustics. The fifth shell was designed by architects Hodgetts and Fung. In 1991, a group of 80-100 musicians officially established the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra under the leadership of John Mauceri. As of 2008, the Bowl is one of the largest outdoor concert facilities in the world.
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: 116010; Series number: 804
Additional Notes	Copyright by Keystone Photo Service.
Contributors	Keystone Photo Service, Inc.
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
Source	Werner Von Boltenstern Postcard Collection