- Title
- Graumans Million dollar theatre
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- Description
- Exterior view of the Million Dollar Theatre (formerly known as Grauman's theatre) at the corner of Third Street and Broadway.
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- Format Extent
- 1 postcard : Color ; 14 x 9 cm
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- Subject
- Motion picture theaters--California--Los Angeles; Buildings--California--Los Angeles; Streets--California--Los Angeles; Cable cars (Streetcars)--California--Los Angeles; Sidewalks; Automobiles; Flags
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- Note
- The Million Dollar Theater is one of the first movie palaces built by entrepreneur Sid Grauman. Its twelve story building was designed by architect Albert C. Martin Sr. and William Lee Woollett in 1918. Originally, the building housed offices of the Edison Company and the Municipal Water Department (the predecessor of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power). It was known that the Head of the Municipal Water Department, William Mulholland, occupied the top floor for his office. The famous exterior facade reflected a Churrigueresque style used in Spanish colonial architecture. Between 1890 and 1950, Broadway was the main venue for shopping and entertainment with department stores and movie theaters.
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- Collection
- Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection
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- Type
- ["Postcards"]
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- Geographic Location
- Broadway (Los Angeles, Calif.); Third Street (Los Angeles, Calif.); Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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- Language
- eng
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